Abstract
Monogenic diabetes is a genetic disease often caused by mutations in genes involved in beta-cell function. Correct sub-categorization of the disease is a prerequisite for appropriate treatment and genetic counseling. Target-region capture sequencing is a combination of genomic region enrichment and next generation sequencing which might be used as an efficient way to diagnose various genetic disorders. We aimed to develop a target-region capture sequencing platform to screen 117 selected candidate genes involved in metabolism for mutations and to evaluate its performance using monogenic diabetes as a study-model.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 13 |
Journal | B M C Genetics |
Volume | 15 |
Number of pages | 9 |
ISSN | 1471-2156 |
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Publication status | Published - 2014 |