Pathway-based analysis using reduced gene subsets in genome-wide association studies

BMC Bioinformatics

Volumn 12, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Zhao, Jingyuan ^a   Gupta, Simone ^b   Seielstad, Mark ^c,d   Liu, Jianjun ^a   Thalamuthu, Anbupalam ^a  

^a GENOME INSTITUTE OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d BLOOD SYSTEMS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION; CANDIDATE GENES; COMPLEX DISEASE; GENETIC VARIANTS; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDIES; MARGINAL EFFECTS; MULTIPLE TESTING; SINGLE-NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISMS;

DERMATOLOGY;

GENES;

ARTICLE; GENE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOME; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; PSORIASIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

GENES; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PSORIASIS;

EID: 78651259030     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712105     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2105-12-17     Document Type: Article

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