Nature Communications (Jun 2017)

Genetic diagnosis of Mendelian disorders via RNA sequencing

  • Laura S. Kremer,
  • Daniel M. Bader,
  • Christian Mertes,
  • Robert Kopajtich,
  • Garwin Pichler,
  • Arcangela Iuso,
  • Tobias B. Haack,
  • Elisabeth Graf,
  • Thomas Schwarzmayr,
  • Caterina Terrile,
  • Eliška Koňaříková,
  • Birgit Repp,
  • Gabi Kastenmüller,
  • Jerzy Adamski,
  • Peter Lichtner,
  • Christoph Leonhardt,
  • Benoit Funalot,
  • Alice Donati,
  • Valeria Tiranti,
  • Anne Lombes,
  • Claude Jardel,
  • Dieter Gläser,
  • Robert W. Taylor,
  • Daniele Ghezzi,
  • Johannes A. Mayr,
  • Agnes Rötig,
  • Peter Freisinger,
  • Felix Distelmaier,
  • Tim M. Strom,
  • Thomas Meitinger,
  • Julien Gagneur,
  • Holger Prokisch

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15824
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Genome sequencing alone fails to provide a genetic diagnosis for many Mendelian disorder patients. Here, the authors utilize RNA sequencing to complement genotyping of patients with a rare mitochondrial disease by detecting aberrant RNA expression, splicing and allele-specific expression.