Measuring differential gene expression with RNA-seq: Challenges and strategies for data analysis

Briefings in Functional Genomics

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 130-142

  Finotello, Francesca ^a   Di Camillo, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Differential gene expression; Next generation sequencing; NGS; RNA seq; Transcriptomics

Indexed keywords

RNA;

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ALGORITHM; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; PROCEDURES; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84938698208     PISSN: 20412649     EISSN: 20412657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bfgp/elu035     Document Type: Article

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