Detection and impact of rare regulatory variants in human disease

Frontiers in Genetics

Volumn 4, Issue MAY, 2013, Pages

  Li, Xin ^a   Montgomery, Stephen B ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Allele specific expression; Eqtls; Genetics of gene expression; Mendelian disorders; Rare variant; Rna sequencing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883495371     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16648021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2013.00067     Document Type: Article

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