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    Nat Genet. 2010 Jan;42(1):30-5. Epub 2009 Nov 13.

    Exome sequencing identifies the cause of a mendelian disorder.

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    Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.

    Abstract

    We demonstrate the first successful application of exome sequencing to discover the gene for a rare mendelian disorder of unknown cause, Miller syndrome (MIM%263750). For four affected individuals in three independent kindreds, we captured and sequenced coding regions to a mean coverage of 40x and sufficient depth to call variants at approximately 97% of each targeted exome. Filtering against public SNP databases and eight HapMap exomes for genes with two previously unknown variants in each of the four individuals identified a single candidate gene, DHODH, which encodes a key enzyme in the pyrimidine de novo biosynthesis pathway. Sanger sequencing confirmed the presence of DHODH mutations in three additional families with Miller syndrome. Exome sequencing of a small number of unrelated affected individuals is a powerful, efficient strategy for identifying the genes underlying rare mendelian disorders and will likely transform the genetic analysis of monogenic traits.

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    19915526
    [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
    PMCID: PMC2847889
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