A systems biology approach to genetic studies of complex diseases

FEBS Letters

Volumn 579, Issue 24, 2005, Pages 5325-5332

  Xiong, Momiao ^a   Feghali Bostwick, Carol A ^c   Arnett, Frank C ^b   Zhou, Xiaodong ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetic networks, omics; Regulation; Systems biology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETICS; MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOMICS; SCLERODERMA; SCLEROSIS; TECHNOLOGY;

GENOMICS; PROTEOMICS; RNA INTERFERENCE; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

EID: 25844462410     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2005.08.058     Document Type: Article

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