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Wendy SW Wong

NCI
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Rate of de novo mutations and the importance of father's age to disease risk

…, A Jonasdottir, A Jonasdottir, WSW Wong… - Nature, 2012 - nature.com
Mutations generate sequence diversity and provide a substrate for selection. The rate of de
novo mutations is therefore of major importance to evolution. Here we conduct a study of …

Strelka: accurate somatic small-variant calling from sequenced tumor–normal sample pairs

CT Saunders, WSW Wong, S Swamy, J Becq… - …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Motivation: Whole genome and exome sequencing of matched tumor–normal sample pairs
is becoming routine in cancer research. The consequent increased demand for somatic …

Bayes empirical Bayes inference of amino acid sites under positive selection

Z Yang, WSW Wong, R Nielsen - Molecular biology and …, 2005 - academic.oup.com
Codon-based substitution models have been widely used to identify amino acid sites under
positive selection in comparative analysis of protein-coding DNA sequences. The …

Linear ubiquitination prevents inflammation and regulates immune signalling

…, AI Webb, JA Rickard, H Anderton, WWL Wong… - Nature, 2011 - nature.com
Members of the tumour necrosis factor (TNF) receptor superfamily have important functions
in immunity and inflammation. Recently linear ubiquitin chains assembled by a complex …

Accuracy and power of statistical methods for detecting adaptive evolution in protein coding sequences and for identifying positively selected sites

WSW Wong, Z Yang, N Goldman, R Nielsen - Genetics, 2004 - academic.oup.com
The parsimony method of Suzuki and Gojobori (1999) and the maximum likelihood method
developed from the work of Nielsen and Yang (1998) are two widely used methods for …

The complete genome of Rhodococcus sp. RHA1 provides insights into a catabolic powerhouse

…, C Fernandes, D Miyazawa, W Wong… - Proceedings of the …, 2006 - National Acad Sciences
Rhodococcus sp. RHA1 (RHA1) is a potent polychlorinated biphenyl-degrading soil actinomycete
that catabolizes a wide range of compounds and represents a genus of considerable …

[PDF][PDF] The ubiquitin ligase XIAP recruits LUBAC for NOD2 signaling in inflammation and innate immunity

RB Damgaard, U Nachbur, M Yabal, WWL Wong… - Molecular cell, 2012 - cell.com
Nucleotide-binding and oligomerization domain (NOD)-like receptors constitute a first line of
defense against invading bacteria. X-linked Inhibitor of Apoptosis (XIAP) is implicated in the …

[BOOK][B] Internal affairs: How the structure of NGOs transforms human rights

WH Wong - 2017 - degruyter.com
… League of Human Rights—Wendy H. Wong demonstrates that NGOs that choose to …
right" cause or have the most resources, Wong shows that how NGOs make and implement …

[HTML][HTML] Genome sequencing and analysis of the Tasmanian devil and its transmissible cancer

…, M Hims, Z Ding, S Ivakhno, C Stewart, BL Ng, W Wong… - Cell, 2012 - cell.com
The Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii), the largest marsupial carnivore, is endangered
due to a transmissible facial cancer spread by direct transfer of living cancer cells through …

Parent-of-origin-specific signatures of de novo mutations

JM Goldmann, WSW Wong, M Pinelli, T Farrah… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
De novo mutations (DNMs) originating in gametogenesis are an important source of genetic
variation. We use a data set of 7,216 autosomal DNMs with resolved parent of origin from …