title: The case for locus-specific databases.
abstract: Locus-specific databases are the most useful repositories of the sequence information underlying medical genetic conditions and, for this reason, they need our continued support.
authors.affiliation: Ste-Justine Hospital Research Center and Department of Medicine, University of Montreal, 3175 Cote Ste-Catherine, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
authors.forename: Mark E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Samuels
authors.forename: Guy A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Rouleau
mesh_terms: D022126:Access to Information; D019295:Computational Biology / Q000379:methods; D003550:Cystic Fibrosis / Q000235:genetics; D030541:Databases, Genetic; D014644:Genetic Variation; D015894:Genome, Human; D006801:Humans; D009154:Mutation; D010641:Phenotype; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D006113:United Kingdom; D014481:United States