An integrative genomics strategy for systematic characterization of genetic loci modulating phenotypes

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1381-1390

  Bao, Lei ^a   Peirce, Jeremy L ^a   Zhou, Mi ^a   Li, Hongqiang ^a   Goldowitz, Dan ^a   Williams, Robert W ^a   Lu, Lu ^a,b   Cui, Yan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b NANTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR GENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOMICS; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOUSE; NEUROLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOMICS; MICE; MODELS, GENETIC; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; RNA, MESSENGER;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 34447313402     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddm089     Document Type: Article

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