SNPexp - A web tool for calculating and visualizing correlation between HapMap genotypes and gene expression levels

BMC Bioinformatics

Volumn 11, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Holm, Kristian ^a   Melum, Espen ^a,b   Franke, Andre ^a,c   Karlsen, Tom H ^a  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOINFORMATIC TOOLS; EXPRESSION LEVELS; GENE EXPRESSION LEVELS; LYMPHOBLASTOID CELLS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISMS; SOFTWARE RESOURCES; WEB-BASED TOOLS;

BIOINFORMATICS; CELL CULTURE; TOOLS;

GENE EXPRESSION;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; INTERNET; METHODOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENOME, HUMAN; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INTERNET; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOFTWARE;

EID: 78650155713     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712105     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2105-11-600     Document Type: Article

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