GeneTrail--advanced gene set enrichment analysis.
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SUBMITTER: Backes C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1933132 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Jul
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GeneTrail--advanced gene set enrichment analysis.
Backes Christina C Keller Andreas A Kuentzer Jan J Kneissl Benny B Comtesse Nicole N Elnakady Yasser A YA Müller Rolf R Meese Eckart E Lenhof Hans-Peter HP
Nucleic acids research 20070525 Web Server issue
We present a comprehensive and efficient gene set analysis tool, called 'GeneTrail' that offers a rich functionality and is easy to use. Our web-based application facilitates the statistical evaluation of high-throughput genomic or proteomic data sets with respect to enrichment of functional categories. GeneTrail covers a wide variety of biological categories and pathways, among others KEGG, TRANSPATH, TRANSFAC, and GO. Our web server provides two common statistical approaches, 'Over-Representat ...[more]
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