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BMCBI
2006
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Hidden Markov Model Variants and their Application
Markov statistical methods may make it possible to develop an unsupervised learning process that can automatically identify genomic structure in prokaryotes in a comprehensive way...
Stephen Winters-Hilt
BMCBI
2006
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An evaluation of human protein-protein interaction data in the public domain
Background: Protein-protein interaction (PPI) databases have become a major resource for investigating biological networks and pathways in cells. A number of publicly available re...
Suresh Mathivanan, Balamurugan Periaswamy, T. K. B...
BMCBI
2006
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The Secrets of a Functional Synapse - From a Computational and Experimental Viewpoint
Background: Neuronal communication is tightly regulated in time and in space. The neuronal transmission takes place in the nerve terminal, at a specialized structure called the sy...
Michal Linial
BMCBI
2006
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Towards a better solution to the shortest common supersequence problem: the deposition and reduction algorithm
Background: The problem of finding a Shortest Common Supersequence (SCS) of a set of sequences is an important problem with applications in many areas. It is a key problem in biol...
Kang Ning, Hon Wai Leong
BMCBI
2006
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Selecting effective siRNA sequences by using radial basis function network and decision tree learning
Background: Although short interfering RNA (siRNA) has been widely used for studying gene functions in mammalian cells, its gene silencing efficacy varies markedly and there are o...
Shigeru Takasaki, Yoshihiro Kawamura, Akihiko Kona...
BMCBI
2006
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Choosing negative examples for the prediction of protein-protein interactions
The protein-protein interaction networks of even well-studied model organisms are sketchy at best, highlighting the continued need for computational methods to help direct experim...
Asa Ben-Hur, William Stafford Noble
BMCBI
2006
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Improvement in the Reproducibility and Accuracy of DNA Microarray Quantification by Optimizing Hybridization Conditions
Background: DNA microarrays, which have been increasingly used to monitor mRNA transcripts at a global level, can provide detailed insight into cellular processes involved in resp...
Tao Han, Cathy D. Melvin, Leming M. Shi, William S...
BMCBI
2006
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Gene Expression Profiles Distinguish the Carcinogenic Effects of Aristolochic Acid in Target (Kidney) and Non-target (Liver) Tis
Background: Aristolochic acid (AA) is the active component of herbal drugs derived from Aristolochia species that have been used for medicinal purposes since antiquity. AA, howeve...
Tao Chen, Lei Guo, Lu Zhang 0013, Leming M. Shi, H...