Practical Approaches for Whole-Genome Sequence Analysis of Heart- and Blood-Related Traits

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 205-215

  Morrison, Alanna C ^a   Huang, Zhuoyi ^b   Yu, Bing ^a   Metcalf, Ginger ^b   Liu, Xiaoming ^a   Ballantyne, Christie ^b,c   Coresh, Josef ^d   Yu, Fuli ^b   Muzny, Donna ^b   Feofanova, Elena ^a   Rustagi, Navin ^b   Gibbs, Richard ^b   Boerwinkle, Eric ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HOUSTON METHODIST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

genomic analysis; quantitative traits; whole genome sequence

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE DEHYDRATASE IX; ORGANIC CATION TRANSPORTER 3; BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; HEMOGLOBIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPOPROTEIN A; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; MAGNESIUM; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT; PHOSPHORUS; PRO-BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE (1-76); TROPONIN T;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHROMOSOME 12; CHROMOSOME 6; CHROMOSOME 9; ENHANCER REGION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC CODE; HEART; HUMAN; INTRON; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; OVERLAPPING GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING; AFRICAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; CYTOLOGY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOMICS; HUMAN GENOME; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; METABOLISM; NEUTROPHIL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 9; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOME, HUMAN; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOMICS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INTRONS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIPOPROTEIN(A); MAGNESIUM; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, BRAIN; NEUTROPHILS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PHOSPHORUS; PLATELET COUNT; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; TROPONIN T;

EID: 85009731496     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: 15376605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2016.12.009     Document Type: Article

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