Table 1

Genes included in the targeted enrichment strategy and their associated disorders

Official gene symbolBBS#NPHP#Other disease-related symbols# Exons in consensus# Total exons in all isoformsSize of coding exons (bp)Gene size (bp)Targeted region size
BBS1* BBS11717178222 96623 285*
BBS2BBS21717216635 7503801
ARL6BBS3RP5581156133 7792123
BBS4*BBS4LCA1618156052 29252 611*
BBS5BBS51217102627 1603997
MKKSBBS667171329 0343326
BBS7BBS71920214846 0085308
TTC8BBS8RP511516151853 3583137
BBS9BBS923242559476 5295196
BBS10BBS1022217239573941
TRIM32BBS11LGMD2H; STM22196213 9994077
BBS12BBS1223213312 2423829
MKS1BBS13MKS11820168014 1703745
CEP290BBS14NPHP6MKS4; JBTS5; LCA10; SLSN65455744093 20410 510
WDPCPBBS1518192469467 3174405
SDCCAG8BBS16NPHP10SLSN718212141244 0873599
ALMS1ALMS; LCA232412 510224 16113 682
NPHP1NPHP1JBTS4; SLSN12022220281 7263264
INVSNPHP217193198201 9164103
NPHP3NPHP3MKS7; RHPD2727399341 8235328
NPHP4NPHP4SLSN430304281129 6625693
IQCB1NPHP5SLSN51515179765 3172585
GLIS2NPHP788157573742175
RPGRIP1LNPHP8MKS5; JBTS7; CS27273708103 9545243
NEK8NPHP91515207913 9533096
TMEM67NPHP11MKS3; JBTS6; CS2830274564 3894797
TTC21BNPHP12JBTS11; ATD42929395179 8945414
TMEM216MKS2; JBTS25544765041795
AHI1JBTS327293591213 7945175
CCDC28B6660347901079
Total48354579 7812 865 109200 319
  • * Sequence of the entire gene (coding/non-coding exons, introns) was targeted.

  • ALMS, Alström syndrome; ATD, asphyxiating thoracic dystrophy; BBS, Bardet-Biedl syndrome; CS, COACH syndrome; JBTS, Joubert syndrome; LCA, Leber congenital amaurosis; LGMD, limb-girdle muscular dystrophy; MKKS, McKusick-Kaufman syndrome; MKS, Meckel-Gruber syndrome; NPHP, nephronophthisis; RHPD, renal-hepatic-pancreatic dysplasia; RP, retinitis pigmentosa; SLSN, Senior-Loken syndrome; STM, sarcotubular myopathy.