Understanding gene regulatory mechanisms by integrating ChIP-seq and RNA-seq data: Statistical solutions to biological problems

Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 2, Issue SEP, 2014, Pages

  Angelini, Claudia ^a,b   Costa, Valerio ^b,c  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b Computational and Biology Open Laboratory ^*  (Italy)

^c INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND BIOPHYSICS ADRIANO BUZZATI TRAVERSO   (Italy)

Author keywords

ChIP seq; Data integration; Gene regulatory mechanisms; RNA seq; Statistics

Indexed keywords

EID: 85031679857     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2296634X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2014.00051     Document Type: Article

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