Review: On the analysis and interpretation of correlations in metabolomic data

Briefings in Bioinformatics

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 151-158

  Steuer, Ralf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Correlation and association networks; Data analysis; Differential correlations; Metabolomics

Indexed keywords

FRUCTOSE 6 PHOSPHATE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE; PROTEOME;

BIOCHEMISTRY; CELL METABOLISM; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; METABOLIC REGULATION; METABOLITE; METABOLOMICS; PROTEOMICS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; STEADY STATE; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGY; CELL FUNCTION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN DATABASE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STATISTICS;

ANIMALS; CELL PHYSIOLOGY; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DATABASES, PROTEIN; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; METABOLISM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROTEOME; PROTEOMICS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STATISTICS;

EID: 33748475897     PISSN: 14675463     EISSN: 14774054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bib/bbl009     Document Type: Review

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