Computational analysis of tissue-specific gene networks: Application to murine retinal functional studies

Bioinformatics

Volumn 26, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 2289-2297

  Hu, Jianfei ^a   Wan, Jun ^a   Hackler Jr , Laszlo ^a   Zack, Donald J ^a,b   Qian, Jiang ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MURINAE; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; COMPUTER PROGRAM; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETICS; INTERNET; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN DATABASE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETINA; RETINA DISEASE;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; DATABASES, GENETIC; DATABASES, PROTEIN; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; INTERNET; MICE; RETINA; RETINAL DISEASES; ROC CURVE; SOFTWARE;

EID: 77956528809     PISSN: 13674803     EISSN: 14602059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btq408     Document Type: Article

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