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Nature Genetics
ISSUE
September 2003, Volume 35 No 1s
Editorial
Foreword
Perspective
User's guide
About the cover
Editorial Top
Spreading the word p1
Alan Packer
doi:10.1038/ng1184
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Foreword Top
Power to the people p2
Andreas D. Baxevanis & Francis S. Collins
doi:10.1038/ng1185
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Perspective Top
Genomic empowerment: the importance of public databases p3
Harold Varmus
doi:10.1038/ng1186
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User's guide Top
A user's guide to the human genome p4
Tyra G. Wolfsberg, Kris A. Wetterstrand, Mark S. Guyer, Francis S. Collins & Andreas D. Baxevanis
doi:10.1038/ng1187
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Introduction: putting it together pp5 - 8
doi:10.1038/ng1188
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Question 1
How does one find a gene of interest and determine that gene's structure? Once the gene has been located on the map, how does one easily examine other genes in that same region?
 pp9 - 17
doi:10.1038/ng1189
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Question 2
How can sequence-tagged sites within a DNA sequence be identified?
 pp18 - 20
doi:10.1038/ng1190
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Question 3
During a positional cloning project aimed at finding a human disease gene, linkage data have been obtained suggesting that the gene of interest lies between two sequence-tagged site markers. How can all the known and predicted candidate genes in this interval be identified? What BAC clones cover that particular region?
 pp21 - 28
doi:10.1038/ng1191
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Question 4
A user wishes to find all the single nucleotide polymorphisms that lie between two sequence-tagged sites. Do any of these single nucleotide polymorphisms fall within the coding region of a gene? Where can any additional information about the function of these genes be found?
 pp29 - 32
doi:10.1038/ng1192
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Question 5
Given a fragment of mRNA sequence, how would one find where that piece of DNA mapped in the human genome? Once its position has been determined, how would one find alternatively-spliced transcripts?
 pp33 - 39
doi:10.1038/ng1193
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Question 6
How would one retrieve the sequence of a gene, along with all annotated exons and introns, as well as a certain number of flanking bases for use in primer design?
 pp40 - 43
doi:10.1038/ng1194
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Question 7
How would an investigator easily find compiled information describing the structure of a gene of interest? Is it possible to obtain the sequence of any putative promoter regions?
 pp44 - 48
doi:10.1038/ng1195
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Question 8
How can one find all the members of a human gene family?
 pp49 - 52
doi:10.1038/ng1196
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Question 9
Are there ways to customize displays and designate preferences? Can tracks or features be added to displays by users on the basis of their own research?
 pp53 - 56
doi:10.1038/ng1197
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Question 10
For a given protein, how can one determine whether it contains any functional domains of interest? What other proteins contain the same functional domains as this protein? How can one determine whether there is a similarity to other proteins, not only at the sequence level, but also at the structural level?
 pp57 - 62
doi:10.1038/ng1198
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Question 11
An investigator has identified and cloned a human gene, but no corresponding mouse ortholog has yet been identified. How can a mouse genomic sequence with similarity to the human gene sequence be retrieved?
 pp63 - 65
doi:10.1038/ng1199
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Question 12
How does a user find characterized mouse mutants corresponding to human genes?
 pp66 - 69
doi:10.1038/ng1200
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Question 13
A user has identified an interesting phenotype in a mouse model and has been able to narrow down the critical region for the responsible gene to approximately 0.5 cM. How does one find the mouse genes in this region?
 pp70 - 73
doi:10.1038/ng1201
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Commentary: keeping biology in mind p74
doi:10.1038/ng1202
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Acknowledgments p75
doi:10.1038/ng0903s-75
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Web resources: Internet resources featured in this guide pp77 - 79
doi:10.1038/ng1204
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