Informatics Practical - PubMed Related Information Menu - OMIM
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We will now look for, and examine, the
OMIM
(Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man) entry (or entries) for the protein.
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OMIM you may get a window popping up asking for a donation. You can ignore this window, unless you would like to donate.
- In the Related Information list click on the 'OMIM (cited)' link.
- On the OMIM page that opens you should see two entries - '604475' and '125265' - normally you would look at both, but for this exercise, we will examine '604475'.
- Click on the '604475' link.
OMIM Entry for 604475 RETICULON 4; RTN4 - search run Tuesday October 10, 2017 at 7:54:42 pm
Just as with the protein and nucleotide sequences it is possible to learn a lot about a protein or gene from the
OMIM entry.
In fact, the
OMIM entry acts as a review of the latest findings and information about a sequence.
Using the
OMIM entry see if you can answer the following questions.