Gene Networks Underlying Convergent and Pleiotropic Phenotypes in a Large and Systematically-Phenotyped Cohort with Heterogeneous Developmental Disorders

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Andrews, Tallulah ^a   Meader, Stephen ^a   Vulto van Silfhout, Anneke ^b   Taylor, Avigail ^a   Steinberg, Julia ^a,c   Hehir Kwa, Jayne ^b   Pfundt, Rolph ^b   de Leeuw, Nicole ^b   de Vries, Bert B A ^b   Webber, Caleb ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISABILITY SEVERITY; FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INFANT; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROCEPHALY; PHENOTYPE; PLEIOTROPY; ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN GENOME; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PATHOLOGY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION;

ANIMALS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; DNA COPY NUMBER VARIATIONS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENOME, HUMAN; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MICE; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN INTERACTION MAPPING; PROTEIN INTERACTION MAPS;

EID: 84926390455     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1005012     Document Type: Article

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