A comparison of gene set analysis methods in terms of sensitivity, prioritization and specificity

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Tarca, Adi L ^a,b   Bhatti, Gaurav ^b   Romero, Roberto ^b,c,d  

^a Wayne State University   (United States)

^b EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; GENE SET; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETIC PARAMETERS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITIZATION; PROCEDURES; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; DATABASES, GENETIC; HUMANS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 84896716464     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0079217     Document Type: Article

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