Overlap of expression Quantitative Trait Loci (eQTL) in human brain and blood

BMC Medical Genomics

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  McKenzie, Marna ^a   Henders, Anjali K ^b   Caracella, Anthony ^b   Wray, Naomi R ^a   Powell, Joseph E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN TISSUE; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENOTYPE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; OVERLAPPING GENE; PARIETAL CORTEX; PONS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TEMPORAL CORTEX; THALAMUS;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BLOOD; BRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMANS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI;

EID: 84903385948     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17558794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1755-8794-7-31     Document Type: Article

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