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ArticleBMC bioinformatics2017

ReTrOS: a MATLAB toolbox for reconstructing transcriptional activity from gene and protein expression data.

Giorgos Minas, Hiroshi Momiji, Dafyd J Jenkins, Maria J Costa, David A Rand, Bärbel Finkenstädt

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Giorgos MinasSystems Biology Centre, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV34 4HD, UK. Giorgos.Minas@warwick.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7953-706X
Hiroshi MomijiSystems Biology Centre, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV34 4HD, UK.
Dafyd J JenkinsSystems Biology Centre, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV34 4HD, UK.
Maria J CostaSystems Biology Centre, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV34 4HD, UK.
David A RandSystems Biology Centre, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV34 4HD, UK.
Bärbel FinkenstädtDepartment of Statistics, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV34 4HD, UK. B.F.Finkenstadt@warwick.ac.uk.

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Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/F005237/1Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/F005806/1
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Abstract

backgroundGiven the development of high-throughput experimental techniques, an increasing number of whole genome transcription profiling time series data sets, with good temporal resolution, are becoming available to researchers. The ReTrOS toolbox (Reconstructing Transcription Open Software) provides MATLAB-based implementations of two related methods, namely ReTrOS-Smooth and ReTrOS-Switch, for reconstructing the temporal transcriptional activity profile of a gene from given mRNA expression time series or protein reporter time series. The methods are based on fitting a differential equation model incorporating the processes of transcription, translation and degradation.

resultsThe toolbox provides a framework for model fitting along with statistical analyses of the model with a graphical interface and model visualisation. We highlight several applications of the toolbox, including the reconstruction of the temporal cascade of transcriptional activity inferred from mRNA expression data and protein reporter data in the core circadian clock in Arabidopsis thaliana, and how such reconstructed transcription profiles can be used to study the effects of different cell lines and conditions.

conclusionsThe ReTrOS toolbox allows users to analyse gene and/or protein expression time series where, with appropriate formulation of prior information about a minimum of kinetic parameters, in particular rates of degradation, users are able to infer timings of changes in transcriptional activity. Data from any organism and obtained from a range of technologies can be used as input due to the flexible and generic nature of the model and implementation. The output from this software provides a useful analysis of time series data and can be incorporated into further modelling approaches or in hypothesis generation.

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SoftwareAlgorithmsArabidopsisArabidopsis ProteinsCircadian ClocksProteinsRNA, MessengerTranscription, GeneticArabidopsis ProteinsProteinsRNA, MessengerCircadian timingGene transcriptionTime seriesTranscriptional switches

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PMCPMC5485715

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