The curation of genetic variants: difficulties and possible solutions.

ABSTRACT: The curation of genetic variants from biomedical articles is required for various clinical and research purposes. Nowadays, establishment of variant databases that include overall information about variants is becoming quite popular. These databases have immense utility, serving as a user-friendly information storehouse of variants for information seekers. While manual curation is the gold standard method for curation of variants, it can turn out to be time-consuming on a large scale thus necessitating the need for automation. Curation of variants described in biomedical literature may not be straightforward mainly due to various nomenclature and expression issues. Though current trends in paper writing on variants is inclined to the standard nomenclature such that variants can easily be r

SUBMITTER: Pandey KR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5054708 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature