Predicting the effects of mutations

From left to right: Sean Mooney, Rachel Karchin, Andre Frank, Shamil Sunyaev, Emidio Capriotti.

How well can we predict the effects of mutations that change the protein sequence? Framed by the the ISMB conference, the largest bioinformatics conference the SNP special interest group met on Saturday the 14th, 2012,  moderated by Emidio Capriotti and Yana Bromberg to discuss current state of the art. Here’s a summary with links a set of tools to try if you study variants.

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