Functional genomics, evo-devo and systems biology: A chance to overcome complexity?

Current Opinion in Rheumatology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 463-470

  Aigner, Thomas ^a   Haag, Jochen ^a   Zimmer, Ralf ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bioinformatics; Cell biology; Functional genomics; Osteoarthritis; Systems biology

Indexed keywords

CARTILAGE CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MODEL; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH; REVIEW; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

CARTILAGE; CHONDROCYTES; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; GENOMICS; HUMANS; OSTEOARTHRITIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

EID: 34548314480     PISSN: 10408711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BOR.0b013e3282bf6c68     Document Type: Review

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