Model organisms facilitate rare disease diagnosis and therapeutic research

Genetics

Volumn 207, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 9-27

  Wangler, Michael F ^a,b   Yamamoto, Shinya ^a,b   Chao, Hsiao Tuan ^a,b   Posey, Jennifer E ^a   Westerfield, Monte ^c   Postlethwait, John ^c   Hieter, Philip ^d   Boycott, Kym M ^e   Campeau, Philippe M ^a   Bellen, Hugo J ^a,b,f   Adams, David R ^g   Hanchard, Neil A ^g   Papp, Jeanette C ^g   Alejandro, Mercedes E ^g   Handley, Lori H ^g   Parker, Neil H ^g   Allard, Patrick ^g   Herzog, Matthew R ^g   Pena, Loren D M ^g   Ashley, Euan A ^g   Holm, Ingrid A ^g   Phillips, John A ^g   Azamian, Mahshid S ^g   Howerton, Ellen M ^g   Bacino, Carlos A ^g   Jacob, Howard J ^g   Postlethwait, John H ^g   Balasubramanyam, Ashok ^g   Jain, Mahim ^g   Potocki, Lorraine ^g   Barseghyan, Hayk ^g   Jiang, Yong Hui ^g   Pusey, Barbara N ^g   Beggs, Alan H ^g   Johnston, Jean M ^g   Ramoni, Rachel B ^g   Jones, Angela L ^g   Robertson, Amy K ^g   Bernstein, Jonathan A ^g   Koeller, David M ^g   Rodan, Lance H ^g   Bican, Anna ^g   Kohane, Isaac S ^g   Rosenfeld, Jill A ^g   Bick, David P ^g   Kohler, Jennefer N ^g   Samson, Susan L ^g   Birch, Camille L ^g   Krasnewich, Donna M ^g   Schoch, Kelly ^g   Boone, Braden E ^g   Krieg, Elizabeth L ^g   Schroeder, Molly C ^g   Bostwick, Bret L ^g   Krier, Joel B ^g   Scott, Daryl A ^g   Briere, Lauren C ^g   Kyle, Jennifer E ^g   Sharma, Prashant ^g   Brown, Donna M ^g   Lalani, Seema R ^g   Shashi, Vandana ^g   Brush, Matthew ^g   Lau, C Christopher ^g   Silverman, Edwin K ^g   Burke, Elizabeth A ^g   Lazar, Jozef ^g   Sinsheimer, Janet S ^g   Burrage, Lindsay C ^g   Lee, Brendan H ^g   Soldatos, Ariane G ^g   Chen, Shan ^g   Lee, Hane ^g   Spillmann, Rebecca C ^g   Clark, Gary D ^g   Levy, Shawn E ^g   Splinter, Kimberly ^g   Cogan, Joy D ^g   Lewis, Richard A ^g   Stoler, Joan M ^g   Cooper, Cynthia M ^g   Lincoln, Sharyn A ^g   Stong, Nicholas ^g   Craigen, William J ^g   Lipson, Allen ^g   Strong, Kimberly A ^g   Davids, Mariska ^g   Loo, Sandra K ^g   Sullivan, Jennifer A ^g   Dayal, Jyoti G ^g   Loscalzo, Joseph ^g   Sweetser, David A ^g   Dell'Angelica, Esteban C ^g   Maas, Richard L ^g   Tifft, Cynthia J ^g   Dhar, Shweta U ^g   Macnamara, Ellen F ^g   Toro, Camilo ^g   Dillon, Ani ^g   MacRae, Calum A ^g   Tran, Alyssa A ^g   Dipple, Katrina M ^g   Maduro, Valerie V ^g   Urv, Tiina K ^g   Donnell Fink, Laurel A ^g   Malicdan, May Christine V ^g   Valivullah, Zaheer M ^g   Dorrani, Naghmeh ^g   Mamounas, Laura A ^g   Vilain, Eric ^g   Dorset, Daniel C ^g   Manolio, Teri A ^g   Vogel, Tiphanie P ^g   Douine, Emilie D ^g   Markello, Thomas C ^g   Waggott, Daryl M ^g   Draper, David D ^g   Martínez Agosto, Julian A ^g   Wahl, Colleen E ^g   Dries, Annika M ^g   Mazur, Paul ^g   Walley, Nicole M ^g   Eckstein, David J ^g   McConkie Rosell, Allyn ^g   Walsh, Chris A ^g   Emrick, Lisa T ^g   McCray, Alexa T ^g   Eng, Christine M ^g   Metz, Thomas O ^g   Ward, Patricia A ^g   Eskin, Ascia ^g   Might, Matthew ^g   Waters, Katrina M ^g   Esteves, Cecilia ^g   Moretti, Paolo M ^g   Webb Robertson, Bobbie Jo M ^g   Estwick, Tyra ^g   Mulvihill, John J ^g   Fisher, Paul G ^g   Murphy, Jennifer L ^g   Wheeler, Matthew T ^g   Fogel, Brent L ^g   Muzny, Donna M ^g   Wise, Anastasia L ^g   Gahl, William A ^g   Nehrebecky, Michele E ^g   Wolfe, Lynne A ^g   Godfrey, Rena A ^g   Nelson, Stan F ^g   Worthey, Elizabeth A ^g   Goldstein, David B ^g   Newberry, J Scott ^g   Gould, Sarah E ^g   Newman, John H ^g   Yang, Yaping ^g   Gourdine, Jean Philippe F ^g   Nicholas, Sarah K ^g   Yu, Guoyun ^g   Groden, Catherine A ^g   Novacic, Donna ^g   Zheng, Allison ^g   Gropman, Andrea L ^g   Orange, Jordan S ^g   Zornio, Patricia A ^g   Haendel, Melissa ^g   Pallais, J Carl ^g   Hamid, Rizwan ^g   Palmer, Christina GS ^g   more..

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^g NONE

Author keywords

Diagnostics; Drosophila; Functional genomics; Genetic diseases; Human; Whole exome sequencing; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

TRANSIENT RECEPTOR POTENTIAL CHANNEL;

BIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; CANADA; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE MODEL; DROSOPHILA; FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; HUMAN GENETICS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MELANOMA; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; ORTHOLOGY; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PLEIOTROPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; REVIEW; TEAMWORK; THERAPEUTIC RESEARCH; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL; EXOME; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DROSOPHILA; EXOME; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; GENETIC TESTING; HUMANS; RARE DISEASES; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 85029005115     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: 19432631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.117.203067     Document Type: Review

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