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BMCBI
2011
13 years 6 months ago
nocoRNAc: Characterization of non-coding RNAs in prokaryotes
Background: The interest in non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs) constantly rose during the past few years because of the wide spectrum of biological processes in which they are involved. Thi...
Alexander Herbig, Kay Nieselt
BMCBI
2011
13 years 6 months ago
GCOD - GeneChip Oncology Database
Background: DNA microarrays have become a nearly ubiquitous tool for the study of human disease, and nowhere is this more true than in cancer. With hundreds of studies and thousan...
Fenglong Liu, Joseph White, Corina Antonescu, John...
BMCBI
2011
13 years 6 months ago
Tree Pruner: An efficient tool for selecting data from a biased genetic database
Background: Large databases of genetic data are often biased in their representation. Thus, selection of genetic data with desired properties, such as evolutionary representation ...
Mohan Krishnamoorthy, Pragneshkumar Patel, Mira Di...
BMCBI
2011
13 years 6 months ago
Hierarchical graphs for rule-based modeling of biochemical systems
Background: In rule-based modeling, graphs are used to represent molecules: a colored vertex represents a component of a molecule, a vertex attribute represents the internal state...
Nathan W. Lemons, Bin Hu, William S. Hlavacek
BMCBI
2011
13 years 6 months ago
Multivariate analysis of microarray data: differential expression and differential connection
Background: Typical analysis of microarray data ignores the correlation between gene expression values. In this paper we present a model for microarray data which specifically all...
Harri T. Kiiveri
BMCBI
2011
13 years 6 months ago
ASPDock: protein-protein docking algorithm using atomic solvation parameters model
Background: Atomic Solvation Parameters (ASP) model has been proven to be a very successful method of calculating the binding free energy of protein complexes. This suggests that ...
Lin Li, Dachuan Guo, Yangyu Huang, Shiyong Liu, Yi...
BMCBI
2011
13 years 6 months ago
PileLine: a toolbox to handle genome position information in next-generation sequencing studies
Background: Genomic position (GP) files currently used in next-generation sequencing (NGS) studies are always difficult to manipulate due to their huge size and the lack of approp...
Daniel Glez-Peña, Gonzalo Gómez-L&oa...
BMCBI
2011
13 years 6 months ago
Systematic error detection in experimental high-throughput screening
Background: High-throughput screening (HTS) is a key part of the drug discovery process during which thousands of chemical compounds are screened and their activity levels measure...
Plamen Dragiev, Robert Nadon, Vladimir Makarenkov
BMCBI
2011
13 years 6 months ago
CODA (CrossOver Distribution Analyzer): quantitative characterization of crossover position patterns along chromosomes
Background: During meiosis, homologous chromosomes exchange segments via the formation of crossovers. This phenomenon is highly regulated; in particular, crossovers are distribute...
Franck Gauthier, Olivier C. Martin, Matthieu Falqu...