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Pheno4J: a gene to phenotype graph database

Mughal, S; Moghul, I; Yu, J; Clark, T; Gregory, DS; Pontikos, N; (2017) Pheno4J: a gene to phenotype graph database. Bioinformatics , 33 (20) pp. 3317-3319. 10.1093/bioinformatics/btx397. Green open access

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Abstract

Efficient storage and querying of large amounts of genetic and phenotypic data is crucial to contemporary clinical genetic research. This introduces computational challenges for classical relational databases, due to the sparsity and sheer volume of the data. Our Java based solution loads annotated genetic variants and well phenotyped patients into a graph database to allow fast efficient storage and querying of large volumes of structured genetic and phenotypic data. This abstracts technical problems away and lets researchers focus on the science rather than the implementation. We have also developed an accompanying webserver with end-points to facilitate querying of the database.

Type: Article
Title: Pheno4J: a gene to phenotype graph database
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btx397
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/bioinformatics/btx397
Language: English
Additional information: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
Keywords: Science & Technology, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, Technology, Physical Sciences, Biochemical Research Methods, Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology, Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications, Mathematical & Computational Biology, Statistics & Probability, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Computer Science, Mathematics, EFFICIENT
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Institute of Ophthalmology
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Cancer Institute
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Cancer Institute > Research Department of Cancer Bio
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10059311
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