Genetic control of gene expression in whole blood and lymphoblastoid cell lines is largely independent

Genome Research

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 456-466

  Powell, Joseph E ^a   Henders, Anjali K ^a   McRae, Allan F ^a   Wright, Margaret J ^a   Martin, Nicholas G ^a   Dermitzakis, Emmanouil T ^b   Montgomery, Grant W ^a   Visscher, Peter M ^a  

^a QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HERITABILITY; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOBLASTOID CELL LINE; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

BLOOD CELLS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, ESSENTIAL; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; LYMPHOID PROGENITOR CELLS; MALE; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; RNA, MESSENGER; SEX FACTORS; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 84857856577     PISSN: 10889051     EISSN: 15495469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gr.126540.111     Document Type: Article

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