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Construction, visualisation, and clustering of transcription networks from microarray expression data.

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Peer-reviewed

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Article

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Authors

Freeman, Tom C 
Goldovsky, Leon 
Brosch, Markus 
van Dongen, Stijn 
Mazière, Pierre 

Abstract

Network analysis transcends conventional pairwise approaches to data analysis as the context of components in a network graph can be taken into account. Such approaches are increasingly being applied to genomics data, where functional linkages are used to connect genes or proteins. However, while microarray gene expression datasets are now abundant and of high quality, few approaches have been developed for analysis of such data in a network context. We present a novel approach for 3-D visualisation and analysis of transcriptional networks generated from microarray data. These networks consist of nodes representing transcripts connected by virtue of their expression profile similarity across multiple conditions. Analysing genome-wide gene transcription across 61 mouse tissues, we describe the unusual topography of the large and highly structured networks produced, and demonstrate how they can be used to visualise, cluster, and mine large datasets. This approach is fast, intuitive, and versatile, and allows the identification of biological relationships that may be missed by conventional analysis techniques. This work has been implemented in a freely available open-source application named BioLayout Express(3D).

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Keywords

Algorithms, Animals, Cluster Analysis, Computational Biology, Gene Expression, Gene Expression Profiling, Gene Expression Regulation, Gene Regulatory Networks, Imaging, Three-Dimensional, Mice, Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis, Pattern Recognition, Automated, Software, Transcription, Genetic

Journal Title

PLoS Comput Biol

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1553-734X
1553-7358

Volume Title

3

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Public Library of Science (PLoS)