In silico analysis indicates a similar gene expression pattern between human brain and testis

Cytogenetic and Genome Research

Volumn 103, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 58-62

  Guo, J ^a   Zhu, P ^b   Wu, C ^a   Yu, L ^a   Zhao, S ^a   Gu, X ^c  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JINLING HOSPITAL   (China)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BRAIN; BREAST; CELL DIVISION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COLON; COMPUTER MODEL; DATA ANALYSIS; EYE; GALLBLADDER; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HEART; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY; LIVER; LUNG PARENCHYMA; OVARY; PANCREAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; RNA TRANSLATION; SPLEEN; STOMACH; TESTIS; THYMUS; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; UTERUS;

BRAIN; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DATABASES, NUCLEIC ACID; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMANS; MALE; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; SOFTWARE; TESTIS;

EID: 1542475298     PISSN: 14248581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000076290     Document Type: Article

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