Global Properties and Functional Complexity of Human Gene Regulatory Variation

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Gaffney, Daniel J ^a  

^a WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

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TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CPG ISLAND; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MAPPING; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN BINDING; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS;

CHROMOSOME MAPPING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME, HUMAN; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI;

EID: 84878497307     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1003501     Document Type: Article

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