Shared genetic control of expression and methylation in peripheral blood

BMC Genomics

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Shakhbazov, Konstantin ^a   Powell, Joseph E ^a,b   Hemani, Gibran ^a,c   Henders, Anjali K ^a   Martin, Nicholas G ^b   Visscher, Peter M ^a   Montgomery, Grant W ^b   McRae, Allan F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DNA methylation; Gene expression; Genetic correlation

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; BLOOD CELL; CELL COUNT; CELL SPECIFICITY; CHROMOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVARIANCE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA PROBE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENETIC REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHYLATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; TWINS;

DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI;

EID: 84962179499     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12864-016-2498-4     Document Type: Article

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