Integrative pathway analysis of genome-wide association studies and gene expression data in prostate cancer

BMC Systems Biology

Volumn 6, Issue SUPPL3, 2012, Pages

  Jia, Peilin ^a   Liu, Yang ^a   Zhao, Zhongming ^a,b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; PATHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PROSTATE TUMOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DATABASES, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; MALE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SELECTION, GENETIC; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84878855445     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17520509     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-0509-6-S3-S13     Document Type: Article

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