Analysis of the impact of genetic variation on human gene expression

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 628, Issue , 2010, Pages 321-339

  Grundberg, Elin ^a   Kwan, Tony ^a   Pastinen, Tomi M ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

DNA microarrays; eQTL; Regulatory variation; SNP

Indexed keywords

DNA MICROARRAY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; REVIEW;

GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI;

EID: 77952571043     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60327-367-1_18     Document Type: Review

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