A comprehensive comparison of association estimators for gene network inference algorithms

Bioinformatics

Volumn 30, Issue 15, 2014, Pages 2142-2149

  Kurt, Zeyneb ^a   Aydin, Nizamettin ^a   Altay, Gökmen ^b  

^a YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b BAHCESEHIR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TIME;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84905028671     PISSN: 13674803     EISSN: 14602059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btu182     Document Type: Article

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