Table 4

Terminology for sequence variants.

Amino acid terminology

Nucleotide terminology


Q610R

A-161G

R610Q

G-161A

Gln610Arg

G(-161)A

Arg610Gln

-161 A-G

Gln (610) Arg

-161 G-A

Arg (610) Gln

-161 (A-G)

610 Gln > Arg

A(-161)G

610 Arg > Gln

-161 (G-A)


Some examples of the terms generated by the system are shown.

Furlong et al. BMC Bioinformatics 2008 9:84   doi:10.1186/1471-2105-9-84

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