Genotypic analysis of gene expression in the dissection of the aetiology of complex neurological and psychiatric diseases

Briefings in Functional Genomics and Proteomics

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 194-198

  Ryten, Mina ^a   Trabzuni, Danyah ^a   Hardy, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; OPEN READING FRAME; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA SPLICING; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI;

EID: 70249088737     PISSN: 14739550     EISSN: 14774062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bfgp/elp028     Document Type: Article

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