GenomicScape: An Easy-to-Use Web Tool for Gene Expression Data Analysis. Application to Investigate the Molecular Events in the Differentiation of B Cells into Plasma Cells

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Kassambara, Alboukadel ^a,b   Rème, Thierry ^a,b   Jourdan, Michel ^a   Fest, Thierry ^a   Hose, Dirk ^c   Tarte, Karin ^a   Klein, Bernard ^a,b,d  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b MONTPELLIER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHIPS; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION;

B CELLS; BIOINFORMATICS RESOURCES; BIOLOGICAL PROCESS; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE EXPRESSION DATA ANALYSIS; LARGE AMOUNTS; MICROARRAYS DATA; MOLECULAR EVENTS; PLASMA CELLS; WEB TOOLS;

DATA MINING;

TRANSCRIPTOME;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BLAST CELL; BONE MARROW CELL; CENTROBLAST; CENTROCYTE; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA MINING; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; INFORMATION SERVICE; INTERNET; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MEMORY CELL; ONLINE SYSTEM; PLASMA CELL; PLASMABLAST; WEB SITE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC DATABASE; GENOMICS; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROCEDURES;

B-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DATA MINING; DATABASES, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENOMICS; HUMANS; INTERNET; PLASMA CELLS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84922248101     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004077     Document Type: Article

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