Deafness mutation mining using regular expression based pattern matching.

ABSTRACT:

Background

While keyword based queries of databases such as Pubmed are frequently of great utility, the ability to use regular expressions in place of a keyword can often improve the results output by such databases. Regular expressions can allow for the identification of element types that cannot be readily specified by a single keyword and can allow for different words with similar character sequences to be distinguished.

Results

A Perl based utility was developed to allow the use of regular expressions in Pubmed searches, thereby improving the accuracy of the searches.

Conclusion

This utility was then utilized to create a comprehensive listing of all DFN deafness mutations discussed in Pubmed records containing the keywords "human ear".

SUBMITTER: Frenz CM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2180167 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature