Interindividual and interethnic variation in genomewide gene expression: Insights into the biological variation of gene expression and Clinical implications

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 774-785

  Fan, Harris P Y ^a   Liao, Chen Di ^a   Fu, Brenda Yan ^a,b   Lam, Linda C W ^b   Tang, Nelson L S ^a,b,c  

^a Department of Chemical Pathology ^*  (Hong Kong)

^b and Hong Kong Branch of CAS Center for Excellence in Animal Evolution and Genetics   (Hong Kong)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE MARKER; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE MAP; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; SAMPLE; CELL LINE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN GENOME; LYMPHOCYTE; METABOLISM; MUTATION;

CELL LINE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; MUTATION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 64149083208     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: 15308561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2008.119107     Document Type: Article

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