Finding the right questions: Exploratory pathway analysis to enhance biological discovery in large datasets

PLoS Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 11-12

  Kelder, Thomas ^a   Conklin, Bruce R ^b   Evelo, Chris T ^a   Pico, Alexander R ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b GLADSTONE INSTITUTE OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BIOINFORMATICS; CARBON METABOLISM; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DATA ANALYSIS; ENERGY METABOLISM; GENE EXPRESSION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NONHUMAN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGY; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DATA BASE; FACTUAL DATABASE; GENETIC DATABASE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY;

COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DATABASES, GENETIC; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SOFTWARE; SOFTWARE DESIGN; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 77956795975     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1000472     Document Type: Article

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