Gene expression studies in autism: Moving from the genome to the transcriptome and beyond

Neurobiology of Disease

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 69-75

  Voineagu, Irina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Microarray; Transcriptome

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTOME;

AUTISM; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DOWN REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; UPREGULATION;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME; HUMANS; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 81555207759     PISSN: 09699961     EISSN: 1095953X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2011.07.017     Document Type: Review

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