Epigenome data release: A participant-centered approach to privacy protection

Genome Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Dyke, Stephanie O M ^a   Cheung, Warren A ^b   Joly, Yann ^a   Ammerpohl, Ole ^c   Lutsik, Pavlo ^d   Rothstein, Mark A ^e   Caron, Maxime ^b   Busche, Stephan ^b   Bourque, Guillaume ^b   Rönnblom, Lars ^f   Flicek, Paul ^g   Beck, Stephan ^h   Hirst, Martin ⁱ   Stunnenberg, Henk ^j   Siebert, Reiner ^c   Walter, Jörn ^d   Pastinen, Tomi ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^d SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^f UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^g EUROPEAN BIOINFORMATICS INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^j RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CASE STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN GENOME; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIVACY; ANONYMIZATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETIC PRIVACY; GENETIC VARIATION; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; HUMAN;

DATA ANONYMIZATION; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; EPIGENOMICS; GENETIC PRIVACY; GENETIC VARIATION; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; HUMANS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84937215130     PISSN: 14747596     EISSN: 1474760X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13059-015-0723-0     Document Type: Article

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