Common Expression Quantitative Trait Loci Shared by Histone Genes.
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SUBMITTER: Kim H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5591967 | biostudies-literature | 2017
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Common Expression Quantitative Trait Loci Shared by Histone Genes.
Kim Hanseol H Suh Yujin Y Lee Chaeyoung C
International journal of genomics 20170827
A genome-wide association study (GWAS) was conducted to examine expression quantitative trait loci (eQTLs) for histone genes. We examined common eQTLs for multiple histone genes in 373 European lymphoblastoid cell lines (LCLs). A linear regression model was employed to identify single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) associated with expression of the histone genes, and the number of eQTLs was determined by linkage disequilibrium analysis. Additional associations of the identified eQTLs with other ...[more]
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