Identifying the genetic variation of gene expression using gene sets: Application of novel gene set eQTL approach to pharmGKB and KEGG

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Abo, Ryan ^a   Jenkins, Gregory D ^b   Wang, Liewei ^a   Fridley, Brooke L ^b  

^a MAYO GRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; CALCIUM SIGNALING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MAPPING; GENE NUMBER; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHARMACOGENOMICS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

CELL LINE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DATABASES, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84865060986     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0043301     Document Type: Article

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