Integrative Tissue-Specific Functional Annotations in the Human Genome Provide Novel Insights on Many Complex Traits and Improve Signal Prioritization in Genome Wide Association Studies

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2016, Pages

  Lu, Qiongshi ^a   Powles, Ryan Lee ^a   Wang, Qian ^a   He, Beixin Julie ^b   Zhao, Hongyu ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN;

ARTICLE; BETA GLOBIN GENE COMPLEX; COMPLEX TRAIT; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ENHANCER REGION; EPIGENETICS; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC TRAIT; GENOSKYLINE; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; PREDICTION; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TRANSPOSON; GENETICS; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; GENOME, HUMAN; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 84964828312     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1005947     Document Type: Article

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