The genetics of regulatory variation in the human genome

Human Genomics

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 126-131

  Stranger, Barbara E ^a   Dermitzakis, Emmanouil T ^a  

^a WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Association mapping; Gene expression; Linkage mapping; Regulatory variation

Indexed keywords

DNA; MESSENGER RNA;

DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; MARKER GENE; METHODOLOGY; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; REVIEW; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 33646205954     PISSN: 14797364     EISSN: 14797364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1479-7364-2-2-126     Document Type: Review

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