Reliable prediction of regulator targets using 12 Drosophila genomes

Genome Research

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1919-1931

  Kheradpour, Pouya ^a   Stark, Alexander ^a,b   Roy, Sushmita ^c   Kellis, Manolis ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b BROAD INSTITUTE OF MIT AND HARVARD   (United States)

^c University of New Mexico   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; INSECT GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; ANIMAL; DOWN REGULATION; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENOME; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DOWN-REGULATION; DROSOPHILA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, INSECT; GENES, REGULATOR; GENOME, INSECT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 38849171836     PISSN: 10889051     EISSN: 15495469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gr.7090407     Document Type: Article

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