Genome-wide epigenetic data facilitate understanding of disease susceptibility association studies

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 287, Issue 37, 2012, Pages 30932-30940

  Hardison, Ross C ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX TRAITS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; EPIGENETIC DATA; GENETIC LOCUS; GENETIC VARIANTS; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION; PROTEIN CODING REGIONS;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGY;

GENE EXPRESSION;

COLORECTAL CANCER; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CROHN DISEASE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENETIC LOCI; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE;

EID: 84866120668     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.R112.352427     Document Type: Short Survey

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