Assessing the biological significance of gene expression signatures and co-expression modules by studying their network properties

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Minguez, Pablo ^a,c   Dopazo, Joaquin ^a,b  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN PRÍNCIPE FELIPE   (Spain)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA EN RED DE ENFERMEDADES RARAS CIBERER   (Spain)

^c EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MICROARRAY; FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENOME ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REFERENCE DATABASE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY; UPREGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; NEOPLASM; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; STANDARD;

GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PROTEIN INTERACTION MAPPING; REFERENCE STANDARDS;

EID: 79952328163     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0017474     Document Type: Article

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