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Table 6 Google searches

From: Difficulties in finding DNA mutations and associated phenotypic data in web resources using simple, uncomplicated search terms, and a suggested solution

Search term

No. entries

found

No.

databases

Entry no./name

of database

Phenotype

found

Mutation 1

    

'PAH G148S'a

0

-

  

PAH G148Sb

19

2

3/PAH LKf

No

   

5/FINDbase

No

'PAH Gly148Ser'

0

-

-

 

PAH Gly148Ser

0

-

-

 

'PAH GLY148SER'

0

-

-

 

PAH GLY148SER

0

-

-

 

Mutation 2

  

-

 

'MLH1 Q62K'

2

0

-

 

MLH1 Q62K

10

0

-

 

'MLH1 Gln62Lys'

0

-

-

 

MLH1 Gln62Lysc

8

0

-

 

Mutation 3

  

-

 

'MLH1 K618A'

7

0

-

 

MLH1 K618A

159

2

55;56/LOVDd

Yes

 

(72)e

   

'MLH1 Lys618Ala'

4

0

-

 

MLH1 Lys618Alac

283

2

37;49/LOVDd

Yes

 

(80)e

1

53/GeneCards

No

Mutation 4

    

'BRCA2 D2723H'

6

0

  

BRCA2 D2723H

87

1

11/kConFab

Consortium

Yes

 

(33)e

   

'BRCA2Asp2723His'

0

-

  

BRCA2Asp2723Hisc

5

1

4/kConFab

Consortium

Yes

Mutation 5

    

'BRCA1 V772A'

0

-

  

BRCA1 V772A

12

1

12/kConFab

Consortium

Yes

'BRCA1 Val772Ala'

0

-

  

BRCA1 Val772 Alac

1

1

1/kConFab Consortium

Yes

  1. aQuote marks indicate Google Advanced exact wording or phrase search.
  2. bLack of quote marks indicates Google Advanced search with unlinked terms.
  3. cUpper case letters gave the same result as lower case.
  4. dLeiden Open Variation Database.
  5. eGoogle estimate of unique entries.
  6. fPAH Locus Knowledgebase.