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ArticleBMC bioinformatics2012

Evaluating the consistency of gene sets used in the analysis of bacterial gene expression data.

Nathan L Tintle, Alexandra Sitarik, Benjamin Boerema, Kylie Young, Aaron A Best, Matthew Dejongh

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Article in BMC bioinformatics, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Nathan L TintleDepartment of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science, Dordt College, Sioux Center, IA 51250, USA. ntintle@dordt.edu
Alexandra Sitarik
Benjamin Boerema
Kylie Young
Aaron A Best
Matthew Dejongh
Hope College · USUniversity of Michigan–Ann Arbor · USDordt University · US

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No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundStatistical analyses of whole genome expression data require functional information about genes in order to yield meaningful biological conclusions. The Gene Ontology (GO) and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) are common sources of functionally grouped gene sets. For bacteria, the SEED and MicrobesOnline provide alternative, complementary sources of gene sets. To date, no comprehensive evaluation of the data obtained from these resources has been performed.

resultsWe define a series of gene set consistency metrics directly related to the most common classes of statistical analyses for gene expression data, and then perform a comprehensive analysis of 3581 Affymetrix® gene expression arrays across 17 diverse bacteria. We find that gene sets obtained from GO and KEGG demonstrate lower consistency than those obtained from the SEED and MicrobesOnline, regardless of gene set size.

conclusionsDespite the widespread use of GO and KEGG gene sets in bacterial gene expression data analysis, the SEED and MicrobesOnline provide more consistent sets for a wide variety of statistical analyses. Increased use of the SEED and MicrobesOnline gene sets in the analysis of bacterial gene expression data may improve statistical power and utility of expression data.

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Genes, BacterialArginineBacteriaData Interpretation, StatisticalGene Expression ProfilingGenome, BacterialOligonucleotide Array Sequence AnalysisReproducibility of ResultsTranscriptomeArginine

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PMID22873695
PMCPMC3462729
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