Gene-set analysis is severely biased when applied to genome-wide methylation data

Bioinformatics

Volumn 29, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 1851-1857

  Geeleher, Paul ^a,b   Hartnett, Lori ^b   Egan, Laurance J ^b   Golden, Aaron ^c   Raja Ali, Raja Affendi ^b   Seoighe, Cathal ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE; GENETICS; GENOMICS; HUMAN; LUNG TUMOR; METHODOLOGY; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; PROCEDURES;

COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; CPG ISLANDS; DNA METHYLATION; GENES; GENOMICS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 84880544162     PISSN: 13674803     EISSN: 14602059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btt311     Document Type: Article

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