Abstract
Exomiser is an application that prioritizes genes and variants in next-generation sequencing (NGS) projects for novel disease-gene discovery or differential diagnostics of Mendelian disease. Exomiser comprises a suite of algorithms for prioritizing exome sequences using random-walk analysis of protein interaction networks, clinical relevance and cross-species phenotype comparisons, as well as a wide range of other computational filters for variant frequency, predicted pathogenicity and pedigree analysis. In this protocol, we provide a detailed explanation of how to install Exomiser and use it to prioritize exome sequences in a number of scenarios. Exomiser requires ∼3 GB of RAM and roughly 15-90 s of computing time on a standard desktop computer to analyze a variant call format (VCF) file. Exomiser is freely available for academic use from http://www.sanger.ac.uk/science/tools/exomiser.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 2004-2015 |
Number of pages | 12 |
Journal | Nature protocols |
Volume | 10 |
Issue number | 12 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Dec 1 2015 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology(all)