A systems biology approach for identifying novel pathway regulators in eQTL mapping

Journal of Biopharmaceutical Statistics

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 373-400

  Li, Shaoyu ^a   Lu, Qing ^b   Cui, Yuehua ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Expression quantitative trait loci; Hotelling's T2 test; Pathway enrichment analysis; Pathway regulation hotspot; Pathway regulator

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS MAPPING; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; GENOMICS; GENOTYPE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

EID: 77951276643     PISSN: 10543406     EISSN: 15205711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10543400903572803     Document Type: Article

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