Epistasis of transcriptomes reveals synergism between transcriptional activators Hnf1α and Hnf4α

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 5-

  Boj, Sylvia F ^a,d   Petrov, Dimitri ^a   Ferrer, Jorge ^a,b,c  

^a ALBA SYNCHROTRON LIGHT SOURCE   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR HNF1ALPHA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR HNF4ALPHA; TRANSCRIPTOME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE INTERACTION; GENETIC EPISTASIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOUSE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PHENOTYPE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

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EID: 77953221435     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1000970     Document Type: Article

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