GeneHancer: Genome-wide integration of enhancers and target genes in GeneCards

Database

Volumn 2017, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Fishilevich, Simon ^a   Nudel, Ron ^a   Rappaport, Noa ^a   Hadar, Rotem ^a   Plaschkes, Inbar ^a   Stein, Tsippi Iny ^a   Rosen, Naomi ^a   Kohn, Asher ^b   Twik, Michal ^a   Safran, Marilyn ^a   Lancet, Doron ^a   Cohen, Dana ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b LifeMap Sciences Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA SEQUENCE; ENHANCER REGION; GENOME; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; NUCLEIC ACID DATABASE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; WEB BROWSER;

DATABASES, NUCLEIC ACID; ENHANCER ELEMENTS, GENETIC; GENOME; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; WEB BROWSER;

EID: 85027687142     PISSN: 17580463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/database/bax028     Document Type: Article

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