G2D: A tool for mining genes associated with disease

BMC Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Perez Iratxeta, Carolina ^a   Wjst, Matthias ^b   Bork, Peer ^c,d   Andrade, Miguel A ^a  

^a OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^d MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHROMOSOME; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DATA BASE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENES TO DISEASES DATABASE; GENETIC ALGORITHM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETIC LINKAGE; INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE; INTERNET; MONOGENIC DISORDER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; ALGORITHM; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HUMAN;

ALGORITHMS; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ASTHMA; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INTERNET;

EID: 26444581337     PISSN: 14712156     EISSN: 14712156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2156-6-45     Document Type: Article

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