New methods for finding disease-susceptibility genes: impact and potential

Mark I McCarthy; Damian Smedley; Winston Hide

doi:10.1186/gb-2003-4-10-119

New methods for finding disease-susceptibility genes: impact and potential

Genome Biol. 2003;4(10):119. doi: 10.1186/gb-2003-4-10-119. Epub 2003 Sep 19.

Authors

Mark I McCarthy¹, Damian Smedley, Winston Hide

Affiliation

¹ Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, and Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Headington, Oxford 0X3 7LJ, UK. mark.mccarthy@drl.ox.ac.uk

Abstract

Improved techniques for defining disease-gene location and evaluating the biological candidacy of regional transcripts will hasten disease-gene discovery.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review

MeSH terms

Chromosome Mapping / methods*
Gene Expression Profiling
Genetic Linkage / genetics
Genetic Predisposition to Disease / genetics*
Humans