Modeling and analyzing gene co-expression in hepatocellular carcinoma using actor-semiotic networks and centrality signatures

Cancer Informatics

Volumn 6, Issue , 2008, Pages 463-474

  Fung, David C Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Actor semiotic network; Gene co expression; Graph signature; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Node centrality

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; PROTEOME;

ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CELL CYCLE; CELL DISRUPTION; CELL NUCLEUS TRANSPLANTATION; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MOLECULAR MODEL; MORPHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY TUMOR; PROTEIN INTERACTION;

EID: 60049091269     PISSN: 11769351     EISSN: 11769351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4137/cin.s1043     Document Type: Article

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