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dbSNP: the NCBI database of genetic variation

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Sherry, S. T.·2001·Nucleic Acids Research

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In response to a need for a general catalog of genome variation to address the large-scale sampling designs required by association studies, gene mapping and evolutionary biology, the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) has established the dbSNP database [S.T.Sherry, M.Ward and K. Sirotkin (1999) Genome Res., 9, 677-679]. Submissions to dbSNP will be integrated with other sources of information at NCBI such as GenBank, PubMed, LocusLink and the Human Genome Project data. The complete contents of dbSNP are available to the public at website: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/SNP. The complete contents of dbSNP can also be downloaded in multiple formats via anonymous FTP at ftp://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/snp/.

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  • These variants are found in the general population at frequencies too high to be associated with disease.

    “In addition, per the Exome Sequencing Project, 1000 Genomes, and dbSNP population frequency databases that are publicly available, these ATM, BRCA1, BRCA2, and COL3A1 gene variants are found in the general population at frequencies too high to be associated with disease (Table 3) (refs.22,23,24).”

    From False-positive results released by direct-to-consumer genetic tests highlight the importance of clinical confirmation testing for appropriate patient care (2018) · cites this paper as [24]

    The BACKGROUND section identifies dbSNP as a freely available public repository, and SCOPE says its records can include population frequency information. The paper does not report frequencies for the specified ATM, BRCA1, BRCA2, or COL3A1 variants or conclude that their frequencies are too high to be associated with disease. (LLM, conf=0.87)

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Authors
Sherry, S. T.
Affiliations
National Institutes of Health (US)
Corresponding author
Sherry, S. T.
Venue
Nucleic Acids Research
Published
2001-01-01
Volume
29
Issue
1
Pages
308-311
ISSN
  • 0305-1048 (ISSN-L)
  • 1362-4962
OpenAlex
W2122732537
Cited by
7,502
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FWCI
26.94
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Nucleic Acids Research (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education
  • U.S. National Library of Medicine
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genomics and Rare Diseases
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
Keywords
dbSNP, single nucleotide polymorphisms, genetic variation, association studies, gene mapping, evolutionary biology, database integration, GenBank, LocusLink, Human Genome Project
MeSH terms
Animals, Biotechnology, Humans, Information Services, National Institutes of Health (U.S.), National Library of Medicine (U.S.), United States, Genetic Variation, Databases, Factual, Internet, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide

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