The first Malay database toward the ethnic-specific target molecular variation

The first Malay database toward the ethnic-specific target molecular variation

BACKGROUND:The Malaysian Node of the Human Variome Project (MyHVP) is one of the eighteen official Human Variome Project (HVP) country-specific nodes. Since its inception in 9(th) October 2010, MyHVP has attracted the significant number of Malaysian clinicians and researchers to participate and cont...

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Main Authors: Fikri, Hashim Halim, Etemad, Ali, Abdul Latif, Ahmad Zubaidi, Merican, Amir Feisal, Baig, Atif Amin, Annuar, Azlina Ahmad, Ismail, Endom, Salahshourifar, Iman, Liza Sharmini, Ahmad Tajudin, Ramli, Marini, Shah, Mohamed Irwan, Johan, Muhammad Farid, Nik Hassan, Nik Norliza, Abdul Aziz, Noraishah Mydin, Mohd Noor, Noor Haslina, Ab Rajab, Nur Shafawati, Hassan, Rosline, Bahar, Rosnah, Zain, Rosnah, Mohamed Yusoff, Shafini, Yusoff, Surini, Soon, Guan Tan, Meow, Keong Thong, Wan Isa, Hatin, Abdullah, Wan Zaidah, Mohamed, Zahurin, Abdul Latiff, Zarina, Zilfalil, Alwi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BioMed Central 2015
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/46597/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/46597/1/The%20first%20Malay%20database%20toward%20the%20ethnic-specific%20target%20molecular%20variation.pdf
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Summary:BACKGROUND:The Malaysian Node of the Human Variome Project (MyHVP) is one of the eighteen official Human Variome Project (HVP) country-specific nodes. Since its inception in 9(th) October 2010, MyHVP has attracted the significant number of Malaysian clinicians and researchers to participate and contribute their data to this project. MyHVP also act as the center of coordination for genotypic and phenotypic variation studies of the Malaysian population. A specialized database was developed to store and manage the data based on genetic variations which also associated with health and disease of Malaysian ethnic groups. This ethnic-specific database is called the Malaysian Node of the Human Variome Project database (MyHVPDb). FINDINGS:Currently, MyHVPDb provides only information about the genetic variations and mutations found in the Malays. In the near future, it will expand for the other Malaysian ethnics as well. The data sets are specified based on diseases or genetic mutation types which have three main subcategories: Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP), Copy Number Variation (CNV) followed by the mutations which code for the common diseases among Malaysians. MyHVPDb has been open to the local researchers, academicians and students through the registration at the portal of MyHVP ( http://hvpmalaysia.kk.usm.my/mhgvc/index.php?id=register ). CONCLUSIONS:This database would be useful for clinicians and researchers who are interested in doing a study on genomics population and genetic diseases in order to obtain up-to-date and accurate information regarding the population-specific variations and also useful for those in countries with similar ethnic background.

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