Identifying causal genes and dysregulated pathways in complex diseases

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Kim, Yoo Ah ^a   Wuchty, Stefan ^a   Przytycka, Teresa M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX NETWORKS; DISEASES; GENE EXPRESSION; INDIUM COMPOUNDS;

CELLULAR PATHWAY; COMPLEX DISEASE; GENES EXPRESSION; GENOMIC ALTERATIONS; GENOMIC GENES; GENOMICS; MOLECULAR LEVELS; POTENTIAL DRUG TARGETS; TARGET GENES; TUMOR CONTROL;

GENOME;

ARTICLE; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS MAPPING; VALIDATION PROCESS; CHROMOSOME; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GENE DOSAGE; GENETICS; GENOMICS; METHODOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CHROMOSOMES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA COPY NUMBER VARIATIONS; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; GENOMICS; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 79953645463     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1001095     Document Type: Article

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