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ArticleBMC bioinformatics2011

RefNetBuilder: a platform for construction of integrated reference gene regulatory networks from expressed sequence tags.

Ying Li, Ping Gong, Edward J Perkins, Chaoyang Zhang, Nan Wang

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Article in BMC bioinformatics, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Ying LiSchool of Computing, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS 39406, USA.
Ping Gong
Edward J Perkins
Chaoyang Zhang
Nan Wang
University of Southern Mississippi · USSystems & Processes Engineering Corporation (United States) · USU.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundGene Regulatory Networks (GRNs) provide integrated views of gene interactions that control biological processes. Many public databases contain biological interactions extracted from experimentally validated literature reports, but most furnish only information for a few genetic model organisms. In order to provide a bioinformatic tool for researchers who work with non-model organisms, we developed RefNetBuilder, a new platform that allows construction of putative reference pathways or GRNs from expressed sequence tags (ESTs).

resultsRefNetBuilder was designed to have the flexibility to extract and archive pathway or GRN information from public databases such as the Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG). It features sequence alignment tools such as BLAST to allow mapping ESTs to pathways and GRNs in model organisms. A scoring algorithm was incorporated to rank and select the best match for each query EST. We validated RefNetBuilder using DNA sequences of Caenorhabditis elegans, a model organism having manually curated KEGG pathways. Using the earthworm Eisenia fetida as an example, we demonstrated the functionalities and features of RefNetBuilder.

conclusionsThe RefNetBuilder provides a standalone application for building reference GRNs for non-model organisms on a number of operating system platforms with standard desktop computer hardware. As a new bioinformatic tool aimed for constructing putative GRNs for non-model organisms that have only ESTs available, RefNetBuilder is especially useful to explore pathway- or network-related information in these organisms.

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Expressed Sequence TagsGene Regulatory NetworksSequence Homology, Nucleic AcidSoftwareAlgorithmsAnimalsCaenorhabditis elegansComputational BiologyOligochaeta

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PMID22166047
PMCPMC3236843
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