DNase-I sensitivity QTLs are a major determinant of human expression variation

Nature

Volumn 482, Issue 7385, 2012, Pages 390-394

  Degner, Jacob F ^a   Pai, Athma A ^a   Pique Regi, Roger ^a   Veyrieras, Jean Baptiste ^a,b   Gaffney, Daniel J ^a   Pickrell, Joseph K ^a   De Leon, Sherryl ^a   Michelini, Katelyn ^a   Lewellen, Noah ^a   Crawford, Gregory E ^c,d   Stephens, Matthew ^a   Gilad, Yoav ^a   Pritchard, Jonathan K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b BioMiningLabs   (France)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME; GENOTYPE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; LYMPHOBLASTOID CELL LINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

CHROMATIN; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; DNA FOOTPRINTING; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84857111200     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature10808     Document Type: Article

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