Rigorous assessment of gene set enrichment tests

Bioinformatics

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1480-1486

  Naeem, Haroon ^a   Zimmer, Ralf ^a   Tavakkolkhah, Pegah ^a   Küffner, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

MICRORNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; HUMANS; MICRORNAS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84861755101     PISSN: 13674803     EISSN: 14602059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/bts164     Document Type: Article

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