Using the encode resource for functional annotation of genetic variants

Cold Spring Harbor Protocols

Volumn 2015, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 522-536

  Pazin, Michael J ^a  

^a NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL FATE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; DNA METHYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RESOURCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PUBLICATION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; ANIMAL; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIGENETICS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOMICS; HUMAN GENOME;

ANIMALS; DATABASES, GENETIC; EPIGENOMICS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME, HUMAN; GENOMICS; HUMANS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84930268604     PISSN: 19403402     EISSN: 15596095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/pdb.top084988     Document Type: Article

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