Databases and tools for in silico analysis of regulation of gene expression

Handbook of Toxicogenomics: A Strategic View of Current Research and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 253-290

  Kel, Alexander ^a   Kel Margoulis, Olga ^a   Borlak, Jürgen ^b   Tchekmenev, Dimitry ^a   Wingender, Edgar ^c  

^a BIOBASE GMBH   (Germany)

^b FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR TOXICOLOGY AND EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IN-SILICO;

GENE EXPRESSION;

EID: 33645131220     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/3527603719.ch12     Document Type: Chapter

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