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A multivariate test of association 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Summary: Although genetic association studies often test multiple,related phenotypes, few formal multivariate tests of associationare available. We describe a test of association that can beefficiently applied to large population-based designs. Availability: A C++ implementation can be obtained from theauthors. Contact: manuel.ferreira{at}qimr.edu.au Supplementary information: Supplementary figures are availableat Bioinformatics online.
Associate Editor: Alex Bateman 相似文献
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Summary: BLISS 2.0 is a web-based application for identifyingconserved regulatory modules in distantly related orthologoussequences. Unlike existing approaches, it performs the cross-genomecomparison at the binding site level. Experimental results onsimulated and real world data indicate that BLISS 2.0 can identifyconserved regulatory modules from sequences with little overallsimilarity at the DNA sequence level. Availability: http://www.blisstool.org/ Contact: leizhou{at}ufl.edu
Associate Editor: Olga Troyanskaya 相似文献
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Malde K 《Bioinformatics (Oxford, England)》2008,24(7):897-900
Motivation: The nucleotide sequencing process produces not onlythe sequence of nucleotides, but also associated quality values.Quality values provide valuable information, but are primarilyused only for trimming sequences and generally ignored in subsequentanalyses. Results: This article describes how the scoring schemes of standardalignment algorithms can be modified to take into account qualityvalues to produce improved alignments and statistically moreaccurate scores. A prototype implementation is also provided,and used to post-process a set of BLAST results. Quality-adjustedalignment is a natural extension of standard alignment methods,and can be implemented with only a small constant factor performancepenalty. The method can also be applied to related methods includingheuristic search algorithms like BLAST and FASTA. Availability: Software is available at http://malde.org/~ketil/qaa. Contact: ketil.malde{at}imr.no Supplementary information: Supplementary data are availableat Bioinformatics online.
Associate Editor: Limsoon Wong 相似文献
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Mayampurath AM Jaitly N Purvine SO Monroe ME Auberry KJ Adkins JN Smith RD 《Bioinformatics (Oxford, England)》2008,24(7):1021-1023
Summary: DeconMSn accurately determines the monoisotopic massand charge state of parent ions from high-resolution tandemmass spectrometry data, offering significant improvement forLTQ_FT and LTQ_Orbitrap instruments over the commercially deliveredThermo Fisher Scientific's extract_msn tool. Optimal parention mass tolerance values can be determined using accurate massinformation, thus improving peptide identifications for high-massmeasurement accuracy experiments. For low-resolution data fromLCQ and LTQ instruments, DeconMSn incorporates a support-vector-machine-basedcharge detection algorithm that identifies the most likely chargeof a parent species through peak characteristics of its fragmentationpattern. Availability: http://ncrr.pnl.gov/software/ or http://www.proteomicsresource.org/ Contact: rds{at}pnl.gov Supplementary information: PowerPoint presentation/Poster onhttp://ncrr.pnl.gov/software/.
Associate Editor: Alfonso Valencia 相似文献
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Webb-Robertson BJ Peterson ES Singhal M Klicker KR Oehmen CS Adkins JN Havre SL 《Bioinformatics (Oxford, England)》2007,23(13):1705-1707
Summary: The visual Platform for Proteomics Peptide and Proteindata exploration (PQuad) is a multi-resolution environment thatvisually integrates genomic and proteomic data for prokaryoticsystems, overlays categorical annotation and compares differentialexpression experiments. PQuad requires Java 1.5 and has beentested to run across different operating systems. Availability: http://ncrr.pnl.gov/software Contact: bobbie-jo.webb-robertson{at}pnl.gov
Associate Editor: Thomas Lengauer 相似文献
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GENOME: a rapid coalescent-based whole genome simulator 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Summary: GENOME proposes a rapid coalescent-based approach tosimulate whole genome data. In addition to features of standardcoalescent simulators, the program allows for recombinationrates to vary along the genome and for flexible population histories.Within small regions, we have evaluated samples simulated byGENOME to verify that GENOME provides the expected LD patternsand frequency spectra. The program can be used to study thesampling properties of any statistic for a whole genome study. Availability: The program and C++ source code are availableonline at http://www.sph.umich.edu/csg/liang/genome/ Contact: lianglim{at}umich.edu Supplementary information: Supplementary data are availableat Bioinformatics online.
Associate Editor: Martin Bishop 相似文献
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Motivation: Owing to the experimental cost and difficulty inobtaining biological materials, it is essential to considerappropriate sample sizes in microarray studies. With the growinguse of the False Discovery Rate (FDR) in microarray analysis,an FDR-based sample size calculation is essential. Method: We describe an approach to explicitly connect the samplesize to the FDR and the number of differentially expressed genesto be detected. The method fits parametric models for degreeof differential expression using the ExpectationMaximizationalgorithm. Results: The applicability of the method is illustrated withsimulations and studies of a lung microarray dataset. We proposeto use a small training set or published data from relevantbiological settings to calculate the sample size of an experiment. Availability: Code to implement the method in the statisticalpackage R is available from the authors. Contact: jhu{at}mdanderson.org 相似文献
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Regional assignment of genetic markers using a somatic cell hybrid panel: a WWW interactive program available for the pig genome 总被引:4,自引:0,他引:4
Chevalet Claude; Gouzy Jerome; SanCristobal-Gaudy Magali 《Bioinformatics (Oxford, England)》1997,13(1):69-73
Motivation: Quick and easy gene mapping by the use of a panelof cytogenetically characterized somatic cell hybrids is possible,even if some discordant experimental results arise. Results: An interactive program is proposed and is made availableon a WWW site to users of a somatic cell hybrid panel. Assignmentsto chromosomes and subchromosomal regions are based on likelihoodcalculations and Bayes' theorem, and a confidence level is provided.The method is illustrated in the case of the pig genome. Availability: The program can be accessed free of charge atURL http:/ /www. toulouse. inra.fr/lgc/lgc.html. Contact: E-mail: chevalet{at}toulouse.inra.fr 相似文献
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Summary: Automated analysis of flow cytometry (FCM) data isessential for it to become successful as a high throughput technology.We believe that the principles of Trellis graphics can be adaptedto provide useful visualizations that can aid such automation.In this article, we describe the R/Bioconductor package flowVizthat implements such visualizations. Availability: flowViz is available as an R package from theBioconductor project: http://bioconductor.org Contact: dsarkar{at}fhcrc.org
Associate Editor: Olga Troyanskaya 相似文献
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Summary: Taverna is an application that eases the integrationof tools and databases for life science research by the constructionof workflows. The Taverna Interaction Service extends the functionalityof Taverna by defining human interaction within a workflow andacting as a mediation layer between the automated workflow engineand one or more users. Availability: Taverna, the Interaction Service plug-in and webapplication are available as open source and can be downloadedfrom http://taverna.sourceforge.net/ Contact: taverna-users{at}lists.sourceforge.net
Associate Editor: John Quackenbush 相似文献
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Pretreatment of Coleus blumei (BENTH.) stem explants for 24hr with L-proline (P) (1.0 mM) by the successive cup techniqueresulted in the redifferentiation of extremely high numbersof wound vessel members (WVM) from pith and cortical parenchymatissues following the addition of a xylogenic concentrationof 5 ppm indoleacetic acid (IAA). The addition of P with auxinor after auxin had been introduced into the segments was ineffectivein altering the numbers of WVM formed as compared to controls.P-treated segments showed both normal and aberrant WVM withthe addition of colchicine (0.01 %) and IAA; colchicine-treatedsegments invariably produced aberrant WVM when P and IAA weregiven. These results suggest that a P-rich substance may interactwith auxin in initiating wound vessel member differentiation.
1Fulbright Professor of Botany, 1967-68. Permanent address:Department of Biological Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow,Idaho, 83843, U. S. A. 相似文献
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Summary: We implemented a software tool called GENESIS for threedifferent genome rearrangement problems: Sorting a unichromosomalgenome by weighted reversals and transpositions (SwRT), sortinga multichromosomal genome by reversals, translocations, fusionsand fissions (SRTl), and sorting a multichromosomal genome byweighted reversals, translocations, fusions, fissions and transpositions(SwRTTl). Availability: Source code can be obtained by the authors, oruse the web interface http://www.uni-ulm.de/in/theo/research/genesis.html Contact: simon.gog{at}uni-ulm.de
Associate Editor: Chris Stoeckert 相似文献
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Motivation: In searching for differentially expressed (DE) genesin microarray data, we often observe a fraction of the genesto have unequal variability between groups. This is not an issuein large samples, where a valid test exists that uses individualvariances separately. The problem arises in the small-samplesetting, where the approximately valid Welch test lacks sensitivity,while the more sensitive moderated t-test assumes equal variance. Methods: We introduce a moderated Welch test (MWT) that allowsunequal variance between groups. It is based on (i) weightingof pooled and unpooled standard errors and (ii) improved estimationof the gene-level variance that exploits the information fromacross the genes. Results: When a non-trivial proportion of genes has unequalvariability, false discovery rate (FDR) estimates based on thestandard t and moderated t-tests are often too optimistic, whilethe standard Welch test has low sensitivity. The MWT is shownto (i) perform better than the standard t, the standard Welchand the moderated t-tests when the variances are unequal betweengroups and (ii) perform similarly to the moderated t, and betterthan the standard t and Welch tests when the group variancesare equal. These results mean that MWT is more reliable thanother existing tests over wider range of data conditions. Availability: R package to perform MWT is available at http://www.meb.ki.se/~yudpaw Contact: yudi.pawitan{at}ki.se Supplementary information: Supplementary data are availableat Bioinformatics online.
Associate Editor: Martin Bishop 相似文献
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Motivation: To enable a new way of submitting sequence informationto the EMBL nucleotide database through the WWW. This processof data submission is long and complex, and calls for efficientand user-friendly mechanisms for collection and validation ofinformation. Results: Described here is a generic, object-oriented data-submissionsystem that is being used for the EMBL database, but can easilybe tailored to serve several data-submission schemes with arelatively short development and implementation time. The programprovides the user with a friendly interface that breaks thecomplex task into smaller, more manageable tasks and, on theother hand, acts as a pre-filter, scanning errors online. Availability: The program is accessible through the EMBL-EBlWWW server at the URL: http: //www.ebi.ac.uk/subs/ emblsubs.html Contact: E-mail: bshomer{at}ebi.ac.uk 相似文献
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Motivation: The genomic methylation analysis is useful to typebacteria that have a high number of expressed type II methyltransferases.Methyltransferases are usually committed to Restriction andModification (R-M) systems, in which the restriction endonucleaseimposes high pressure on the expression of the cognate methyltransferasethat hinder R-M system loss. Conventional cluster methods donot reflect this tendency. An algorithm was developed for dendrogramconstruction reflecting the propensity for conservation of R-MType II systems. Results: The new algorithm was applied to 52 Helicobacter pyloristrains from different geographical regions and compared withconventional clustering methods. The algorithm works by firstgrouping strains that share a common minimum set of R-M systemsand gradually adds strains according to the number of the R-Msystems acquired. Dendrograms revealed a cluster of Africanstrains, which suggest that R-M systems are present in H.pylorigenome since its human host migrates from Africa. Availability: The software files are available at http://www.ff.ul.pt/paginas/jvitor/Bioinformatics/MCRM_algorithm.zip Contact: filipavale{at}fe.ucp.pt Supplementary information: Supplementary data are availableat Bioinformatics online.
Associate Editor: Martin Bishop 相似文献
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Motivation: Understanding the complexity in gene–phenotyperelationship is vital for revealing the genetic basis of commondiseases. Recent studies on the basis of human interactome andphenome not only uncovers prevalent phenotypic overlap and geneticoverlap between diseases, but also reveals a modular organizationof the genetic landscape of human diseases, providing new opportunitiesto reduce the complexity in dissecting the gene–phenotypeassociation. Results: We provide systematic and quantitative evidence thatphenotypic overlap implies genetic overlap. With these results,we perform the first heterogeneous alignment of human interactomeand phenome via a network alignment technique and identify 39disease families with corresponding causative gene networks.Finally, we propose AlignPI, an alignment-based framework topredict disease genes, and identify plausible candidates for70 diseases. Our method scales well to the whole genome, asdemonstrated by prioritizing 6154 genes across 37 chromosomeregions for Crohn's disease (CD). Results are consistent witha recent meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies forCD. Availability: Bi-modules and disease gene predictions are freelyavailable at the URL http://bioinfo.au.tsinghua.edu.cn/alignpi/ Contact: ruijiang{at}tsinghua.edu.cn Supplementary information: Supplementary data are availableat Bioinformatics online.
Associate Editor: Trey Ideker 相似文献