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Initial research WES analysis identified a damaging homozygous variant in NME1 gene as a possible cause of primary microcephaly phenotype in these patients. However, reanalysis of the exome data uncovered a biallelic splice site variant in asparagine synthetase gene which seems to be the possible cause of the phenotype in these patients. This study highlights the importance of revisiting the exome data and the issue of \u201cnegative\u201d exome and the afterward approaches to identify and prove new candidate genes.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1055\/s-0042-1757193","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,10,13]],"date-time":"2022-10-13T18:49:45Z","timestamp":1665686985000},"page":"001-005","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Revisiting Exome Data Identified Missed Splice Site Variant of the Asparagine Synthetase (ASNS) Gene"],"prefix":"10.53391","volume":"13","author":[{"given":"Ghalia","family":"Al-Kasbi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Genetics, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Fathiya","family":"Al-Murshedi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Genetics, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman"},{"name":"Genetic and Developmental Medicine Clinic, Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Muscat, Oman"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Amna","family":"Al-Futaisi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Child Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Tariq","family":"Al-Jabry","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Genetics, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Fahad","family":"Zadjali","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Clinical Biochemistry, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Said","family":"Al-Yahyaee","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Genetics, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1404-8887","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Almundher","family":"Al-Maawali","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Genetics, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman"},{"name":"Genetic and Developmental Medicine Clinic, Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Muscat, Oman"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"31409","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,10,13]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1502","DOI":"10.1056\/NEJMoa1306555","article-title":"Clinical whole-exome sequencing for the diagnosis of mendelian disorders","volume":"369","author":"Y. 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