'A variant of uncertain significance' and the proliferation of human disease gene databases

Human Genomics

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 70-74

  Nelson, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

BRCA2; BRCAI; CFTR; Haemoglobin beta; HBB; HPRTI; Human mutation databases; Mutations; TP53; Variant of uncertain significance

Indexed keywords

BRCA1 PROTEIN; BRCA2 PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; HEMOGLOBIN BETA CHAIN; HYPOXANTHINE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN P53; TRANSMEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE REGULATOR;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DNA STRUCTURE; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DATABASE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; POINT MUTATION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FAMILY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STATISTICS; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 30144431781     PISSN: 14797364     EISSN: 14797364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1479-7364-2-1-70     Document Type: Article

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