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BMCBI
2008
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Which missing value imputation method to use in expression profiles: a comparative study and two selection schemes
Background: Gene expression data frequently contain missing values, however, most downstream analyses for microarray experiments require complete data. In the literature many meth...
Guy N. Brock, John R. Shaffer, Richard E. Blakesle...
BMCBI
2008
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A phase synchronization clustering algorithm for identifying interesting groups of genes from cell cycle expression data
Background: The previous studies of genome-wide expression patterns show that a certain percentage of genes are cell cycle regulated. The expression data has been analyzed in a nu...
Chang Sik Kim, Cheol Soo Bae, Hong Joon Tcha
BMCBI
2008
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Automatically extracting functionally equivalent proteins from SwissProt
Background: There is a frequent need to obtain sets of functionally equivalent homologous proteins (FEPs) from different species. While it is usually the case that orthology impli...
Lisa E. M. McMillan, Andrew C. R. Martin
BMCBI
2008
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PseudoGeneQuest - Service for identification of different pseudogene types in the human genome
Background: Pseudogenes, nonfunctional copies of genes, evolve fast due the lack of evolutionary pressures and thus appear in several different forms. PseudoGeneQuest is an online...
Csaba P. Ortutay, Mauno Vihinen
BMCBI
2008
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SpliceCenter: A suite of web-based bioinformatic applications for evaluating the impact of alternative splicing on RT-PCR, RNAi,
Background: Over 60% of protein-coding genes in vertebrates express mRNAs that undergo alternative splicing. The resulting collection of transcript isoforms poses significant chal...
Michael C. Ryan, Barry Zeeberg, Natasha J. Caplen,...
BMCBI
2008
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Modifying the DPClus algorithm for identifying protein complexes based on new topological structures
Background: Identification of protein complexes is crucial for understanding principles of cellular organization and functions. As the size of protein-protein interaction set incr...
Min Li, Jianer Chen, Jianxin Wang, Bin Hu, Gang Ch...
BMCBI
2008
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A comprehensive comparison of random forests and support vector machines for microarray-based cancer classification
Background: Cancer diagnosis and clinical outcome prediction are among the most important emerging applications of gene expression microarray technology with several molecular sig...
Alexander R. Statnikov, Lily Wang, Constantin F. A...
BMCBI
2008
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Comprehensive inventory of protein complexes in the Protein Data Bank from consistent classification of interfaces
Background: Protein-protein interactions are ubiquitous and essential for all cellular processes. High-resolution X-ray crystallographic structures of protein complexes can reveal...
Andrew J. Bordner, Andrey A. Gorin
BMCBI
2008
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Conditional clustering of temporal expression profiles
Ling Wang, Monty Montano, Matt Rarick, Paola Sebas...
BMCBI
2008
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Information-based methods for predicting gene function from systematic gene knock-downs
Background: The rapid annotation of genes on a genome-wide scale is now possible for several organisms using high-throughput RNA interference assays to knock down the expression o...
Matthew T. Weirauch, Christopher K. Wong, Alexandr...