VSEAMS: A pipeline for variant set enrichment analysis using summary GWAS data identifies IKZF3, BATF and ESRRA as key transcription factors in type 1 diabetes

Bioinformatics

Volumn 30, Issue 23, 2014, Pages 3342-3348

  Burren, Oliver S ^a   Guo, Hui ^a   Wallace, Chris ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIC LEUCINE ZIPPER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; BATF PROTEIN, HUMAN; ERRALPHA ESTROGEN-RELATED RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; IKAROS TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; IKZF3 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

COMPUTER PROGRAM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; SAMPLE SIZE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

BASIC-LEUCINE ZIPPER TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; IKAROS TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; SAMPLE SIZE; SOFTWARE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84930731753     PISSN: 13674803     EISSN: 14602059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btu571     Document Type: Article

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