A general framework for weighted gene co-expression network analysis

Statistical Applications in Genetics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2005, Pages

  Zhang, Bin ^a   Horvath, Steve ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Clustering coefficient; Hierarchical organization; Microarrays; Module; Network analysis; Scale free topology; Topological overlap

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CANCER GENETICS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DNA MICROARRAY; FUNGAL GENETICS; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC PARAMETERS; GENETIC SIMILARITY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EID: 23944458138     PISSN: 15446115     EISSN: 15446115     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1544-6115.1128     Document Type: Article

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