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ArticleDatabase : the journal of biological databases and curation2020

GREG-studying transcriptional regulation using integrative graph databases.

Songqing Mei, Xiaowei Huang, Chengshu Xie, Antonio Mora

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Article in Database : the journal of biological databases and curation, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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4citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. FGDB: a comprehensive graph database of ligand fragments from the Protein Data Bank.Database : the journal of biological databases and curation · 2022
    Article
  3. Chromatin Hubs: A biological and computational outlook.Computational and structural biotechnology journal · 2022
    Review
  4. An overview of graph databases and their applications in the biomedical domain.Database : the journal of biological databases and curation · 2021
    Article
4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Songqing MeiSchool of Basic Medical Sciences, Guangzhou Medical University, Panyu Campus of Guangzhou Medical University, Xinzao, 511436 Guangzhou, P.R. China.
Xiaowei HuangJoint School of Life Sciences, Guangzhou Medical University and Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health (Chinese Academy of Sciences), Panyu Campus of Guangzhou Medical University, Xinzao, 511436 Guangzhou, P.R. China.
Chengshu XieJoint School of Life Sciences, Guangzhou Medical University and Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health (Chinese Academy of Sciences), Panyu Campus of Guangzhou Medical University, Xinzao, 511436 Guangzhou, P.R. China.
Antonio MoraJoint School of Life Sciences, Guangzhou Medical University and Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health (Chinese Academy of Sciences), Panyu Campus of Guangzhou Medical University, Xinzao, 511436 Guangzhou, P.R. China.
Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health · CNGuangzhou Medical University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A gene regulatory process is the result of the concerted action of transcription factors, co-factors, regulatory non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs) and chromatin interactions. Therefore, the combination of protein-DNA, protein-protein, ncRNA-DNA, ncRNA-protein and DNA-DNA data in a single graph database offers new possibilities regarding generation of biological hypotheses. GREG (The Gene Regulation Graph Database) is an integrative database and web resource that allows the user to visualize and explore the network of all above-mentioned interactions for a query transcription factor, long non-coding RNA, genomic range or DNA annotation, as well as extracting node and interaction information, identifying connected nodes and performing advanced graphical queries directly on the regulatory network, in a simple and efficient way. In this article, we introduce GREG together with some application examples (including exploratory research of Nanog's regulatory landscape and the etiology of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease), which we use as a demonstration of the advantages of using graph databases in biomedical research. Database URL: https://mora-lab.github.io/projects/greg.html, www.moralab.science/GREG/.

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Database Management SystemsDatabases, GeneticGenomicsCell Line, TumorGene Expression RegulationHumansMolecular Sequence AnnotationPulmonary Disease, Chronic ObstructiveRNA, Long NoncodingTranscription FactorsRNA, Long NoncodingTranscription Factors

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PMID32055858
PMCPMC7018612
OpenAlexW3006436978

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