Robust extraction of functional signals from gene set analysis using a generalized threshold free scoring function

BMC Bioinformatics

Volumn 10, Issue , 2009, Pages 307-

  Törönen, Petri ^a   Ojala, Pauli J ^b   Marttinen, Pekka ^a   Holm, Liisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b FINNISH RED CROSS BLOOD SERVICE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOFTWARE PACKAGES;

BIOLOGICAL PROCESS; CROSS VALIDATION; DIFFERENTIAL GENE EXPRESSIONS; EXPRESSION LEVELS; FUNCTIONAL SIGNALS; HYPERGEOMETRIC TEST; PROGRAM PACKAGES; SCORING FUNCTIONS;

GENE EXPRESSION;

AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOWN REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; INTERNET; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; UPREGULATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 70449392630     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712105     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2105-10-307     Document Type: Article

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