An atlas of tissue-specific conserved coexpression for functional annotation and disease gene prediction

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1173-1180

  Piro, Rosario Michael ^a,c,d   Ala, Ugo ^a   Molineris, Ivan ^a   Grassi, Elena ^a   Bracco, Chiara ^b   Perego, Gian Paolo ^b   Provero, Paolo ^a   Di Cunto, Ferdinando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b Aethia Srl   (Italy)

^c GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

disease gene prediction; functional annotation; phenome; transcriptome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, X; DISEASE; EXOME; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; HUMANS; MENTAL RETARDATION, X-LINKED; MICE; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 80054818700     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: 14765438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejhg.2011.96     Document Type: Article

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