RNA-Seq optimization with eQTL gold standards

BMC Genomics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Ellis, Shannon E ^a   Gupta, Simone ^a   Ashar, Foram N ^a   Bader, Joel S ^a   West, Andrew B ^b   Arking, Dan E ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood; Brain; EQTL; GTEx; LCL; RNA Seq

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

BLOOD; BRAIN; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA;

EID: 84890288695     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-14-892     Document Type: Article

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