Profiling the genome-wide landscape of tandem repeat expansions
N Mousavi, S Shleizer-Burko, R Yanicky… - Nucleic acids …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Tandem repeat (TR) expansions have been implicated in dozens of genetic diseases,
including Huntington's Disease, Fragile X Syndrome, and hereditary ataxias. Furthermore …
including Huntington's Disease, Fragile X Syndrome, and hereditary ataxias. Furthermore …
[HTML][HTML] Straglr: discovering and genotyping tandem repeat expansions using whole genome long-read sequences
Tandem repeat (TR) expansion is the underlying cause of over 40 neurological disorders.
Long-read sequencing offers an exciting avenue over conventional technologies for …
Long-read sequencing offers an exciting avenue over conventional technologies for …
Advancing genomic technologies and clinical awareness accelerates discovery of disease-associated tandem repeat sequences
T Gall-Duncan, N Sato, RKC Yuen… - Genome …, 2022 - genome.cshlp.org
Expansions of gene-specific DNA tandem repeats (TRs), first described in 1991 as a
disease-causing mutation in humans, are now known to cause> 60 phenotypes, not just …
disease-causing mutation in humans, are now known to cause> 60 phenotypes, not just …
[HTML][HTML] Tandem-genotypes: robust detection of tandem repeat expansions from long DNA reads
Tandemly repeated DNA is highly mutable and causes at least 31 diseases, but it is hard to
detect pathogenic repeat expansions genome-wide. Here, we report robust detection of …
detect pathogenic repeat expansions genome-wide. Here, we report robust detection of …
[HTML][HTML] STRling: a k-mer counting approach that detects short tandem repeat expansions at known and novel loci
Expansions of short tandem repeats (STRs) cause many rare diseases. Expansion detection
is challenging with short-read DNA sequencing data since supporting reads are often …
is challenging with short-read DNA sequencing data since supporting reads are often …
Characterization and visualization of tandem repeats at genome scale
Tandem repeat (TR) variation is associated with gene expression changes and numerous
rare monogenic diseases. Although long-read sequencing provides accurate full-length …
rare monogenic diseases. Although long-read sequencing provides accurate full-length …
[PDF][PDF] Profiling of short-tandem-repeat disease alleles in 12,632 human whole genomes
Short tandem repeats (STRs) are hyper-mutable sequences in the human genome. They are
often used in forensics and population genetics and are also the underlying cause of many …
often used in forensics and population genetics and are also the underlying cause of many …
[HTML][HTML] STRetch: detecting and discovering pathogenic short tandem repeat expansions
Short tandem repeat (STR) expansions have been identified as the causal DNA mutation in
dozens of Mendelian diseases. Most existing tools for detecting STR variation with short …
dozens of Mendelian diseases. Most existing tools for detecting STR variation with short …
[PDF][PDF] Detecting expansions of tandem repeats in cohorts sequenced with short-read sequencing data
RM Tankard, MF Bennett, P Degorski… - The American Journal of …, 2018 - cell.com
Repeat expansions cause more than 30 inherited disorders, predominantly neurogenetic.
These can present with overlapping clinical phenotypes, making molecular diagnosis …
These can present with overlapping clinical phenotypes, making molecular diagnosis …
Large-scale analysis of tandem repeat variability in the human genome
J Duitama, A Zablotskaya, R Gemayel… - Nucleic acids …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Tandem repeats are short DNA sequences that are repeated head-to-tail with a propensity
to be variable. They constitute a significant proportion of the human genome, also occurring …
to be variable. They constitute a significant proportion of the human genome, also occurring …