Network propagation: A universal amplifier of genetic associations

Nature Reviews Genetics

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2017, Pages 551-562

  Cowen, Lenore ^a   Ideker, Trey ^b   Raphael, Benjamin J ^c   Sharan, Roded ^d  

^a Tufts University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Princeton University   (United States)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; MACHINE LEARNING; MATHEMATICS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SOMATIC MUTATION; ALGORITHM; BIOLOGY; DISEASES; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SOFTWARE;

PROTEIN;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DISEASE; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; HUMANS; PROTEIN INTERACTION MAPS; PROTEINS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 85027491351     PISSN: 14710056     EISSN: 14710064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrg.2017.38     Document Type: Review

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