DCGL v2.0: An R package for unveiling differential regulation from differential co-expression

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Yang, Jing ^a,b   Yu, Hui ^c,d   Liu, Bao Hong ^c   Zhao, Zhongming ^d   Liu, Lei ^b   Ma, Liang Xiao ^c   Li, Yi Xue ^a,c   Li, Yuan Yuan ^c  

^a EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People s Hospital   (China)

^c SHANGHAI CENTER FOR BIOINFORMATION TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84894232727     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0079729     Document Type: Article

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