Computational inference of the molecular logic for synaptic connectivity in C. elegans

Bioinformatics

Volumn 22, Issue 14, 2006, Pages

  Varadan, Vinay ^a   Miller III, David M ^b   Anastassiou, Dimitris ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTROPY; GAP JUNCTION; GENE EXPRESSION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION SCIENCE; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPSE; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 33747872850     PISSN: 13674803     EISSN: 13674811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btl224     Document Type: Conference Paper

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