Erratum: Genetic effects on gene expression across human tissues (Nature (2017) 550 (204-213) DOI: 10.1038/nature24277);Genetic effects on gene expression across human tissues

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Volumn 550, Issue 7675, 2017, Pages 204-213

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^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^d SWISS INSTITUTE OF BIOINFORMATICS   (Switzerland)

^e NEW YORK GENOME CENTER   (United States)

^f Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^g STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

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^m MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

ⁿ HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^o NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

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^r NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

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^al University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

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^ba BARCELONA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Spain)

^bb NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

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^bd VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS AND CELL COMPONENTS; CHROMOSOME; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME; GENOTYPE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VARIATION; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; ALLELE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; DISEASES; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN CHROMOSOME; HUMAN GENOME; MALE;

ALLELES; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN; DISEASE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME, HUMAN; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI;

EID: 85031313737     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature25160     Document Type: Erratum

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