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Systems toxicology: applications of toxicogenomics, transcriptomics, proteomics and metabolomics in toxicology

Wilbert HM Heijne DSM Food Specialties R&D, Delft, The Netherlands. [email protected]
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Anne S Kienhuis TNO, Physiological Sciences Department, PO Box 360, 3700 AJ Zeist, The Netherlands; Maastricht University, Department of Health Risk Analysis & Toxicology, The Netherlands. [email protected]
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Ben van Ommen TNO, Physiological Sciences Department, PO Box 360, 3700 AJ Zeist, The Netherlands. [email protected]
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Rob H Stierum TNO, Physiological Sciences Department, PO Box 360, 3700 AJ Zeist, The Netherlands. [email protected]
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John P Groten TNO, Physiological Sciences Department, PO Box 360, 3700 AJ Zeist, The Netherlands; Department of Toxicology, Wageningen University, The Netherlands. [email protected]
Pages 767-780 | Published online: 09 Jan 2014

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Websites

  • Microarray Gene Expression Data Society – MGED Society www.mged.org (Viewed September 2005)
  • Gene Ontology http://geneontology.org (Viewed September 2005)

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