Measuring cis-acting regulatory variants genome-wide: New insights into expression genetics and disease susceptibility

Genome Medicine

Volumn 1, Issue 12, 2009, Pages

  Sadee, Wolfgang ^a  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY RNA; MESSENGER RNA; SEROTONIN; TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE 2; VITAMIN K GROUP;

ALLELE; CELL MIGRATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EPIGENETICS; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA EDITING; RNA SPLICING; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

EID: 78650565725     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1756994X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/gm116     Document Type: Review

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