Expression differences by continent of origin point to the immortalization process

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 18, Issue 20, 2009, Pages 3864-3875

  Davis, Adam R ^a   Kohane, Isaac S ^b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Harvard Medical School Center for Biomedical Informatics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WERNER SYNDROME PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL IMMORTALIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE FUNCTION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; HAPLOTYPE MAP; HUMAN; LYMPHOBLAST; LYMPHOBLASTOID CELL; LYMPHOCYTE TRANSFORMATION; NIGERIA; NOISE REDUCTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS MAPPING;

CELL LINE, TRANSFORMED; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; EUROPE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; NIGERIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70349579490     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddp330     Document Type: Article

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