An introduction to effective use of enrichment analysis software

Human Genomics

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 202-206

  Tipney, Hannah ^a   Hunter, Lawrence ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Enrichment; Gene enrichment analysis; Gene list; Gene ontology; GSEA; Pathway analysis; Software

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; EXPLOSION; HUMAN; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; GENE; INTERNET;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; GENES; INTERNET; SOFTWARE;

EID: 85027939628     PISSN: 14739542     EISSN: 14797364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1479-7364-4-3-202     Document Type: Review

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