The GTEx Consortium atlas of genetic regulatory effects across human tissues

Abstract

The Genotype-Tissue Expression (GTEx) project dissects how genetic variation affects gene expression and splicing.

Keywords

BiologyGeneRNA splicingGenetic variationHuman genetic variationRegulation of gene expressionGene expressionGeneticsComputational biologyHuman genomeGenomeRNA

MeSH Terms

Datasets as TopicDiseaseFemaleGene Expression RegulationGenome-Wide Association StudyHumansMaleOrgan SpecificityQuantitative Trait LociSequence AnalysisRNA

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Year: 2020
Type: article
Volume: 369
Issue: 6509
Pages: 1318-1330
Citations: 4992
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APA Style

                            
                                
                                    François Aguet, 
                                
                                    Shankara Anand, 
                                
                                    Kristin Ardlie
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2020). 
                            The GTEx Consortium atlas of genetic regulatory effects across human tissues. 
                            Science
                            , 369
                            (6509)
                            , 1318-1330.
                            https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aaz1776
                        

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DOI: 10.1126/science.aaz1776
PMID: 32913098
PMCID: PMC7737656

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Data completeness: 90%