Single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP)-strings: An alternative method for assessing genetic associations

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Goodin, Douglas S ^a,b   Khankhanian, Pouya ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UCSF Multiple Sclerosis Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; HLA DRB1 ANTIGEN; PROTEIN MMEL1; PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC ALGORITHM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HAPLOTYPE; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROPATHOLOGY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; ALGORITHM; CHROMOSOME MAP; FEMALE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ALGORITHMS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84899624436     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0090034     Document Type: Article

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