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ArticleBMC bioinformatics2005

Using large-scale perturbations in gene network reconstruction.

Thomas MacCarthy, Andrew Pomiankowski, Robert Seymour

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Article in BMC bioinformatics, 2005. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed.

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  6. The limits of subfunctionalization.BMC evolutionary biology · 2007
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  7. Systems interface biology.Journal of the Royal Society, Interface · 2006
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Thomas MacCarthyCOMPLEX, University College London, 4 Stephenson Way, London NW1 2HE, UK. t.maccarthy@ucl.ac.uk
Andrew Pomiankowski
Robert Seymour

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundRecent analysis of the yeast gene network shows that most genes have few inputs, indicating that enumerative gene reconstruction methods are both useful and computationally feasible. A simple enumerative reconstruction method based on a discrete dynamical system model is used to study how microarray experiments involving modulated global perturbations can be designed to obtain reasonably accurate reconstructions. The method is tested on artificial gene networks with biologically realistic in/out degree characteristics.

resultsIt was found that a relatively small number of perturbations significantly improve inference accuracy, particularly for low-order inputs of one or two genes. The perturbations themselves should alter the expression level of approximately 50-60% of the genes in the network.

conclusionsTime-series obtained from perturbations are a common form of expression data. This study illustrates how gene networks can be significantly reconstructed from such time-series while requiring only a relatively small number of calibrated perturbations, even for large networks, thus reducing experimental costs.

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GeneticsGenomicsAlgorithmsCalibrationCell Physiological PhenomenaCluster AnalysisComputational BiologyComputer SimulationFungal ProteinsGene Expression ProfilingGene Expression RegulationGenesGenes, FungalModels, BiologicalModels, GeneticModels, StatisticalFungal Proteins

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PMID15659246
PMCPMC548128

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