Abstract
Simultaneous dynamic profiling of mRNA and protein expression is increasingly popular, and there is a critical need for algorithms to identify regulatory layers and time dependency of gene expression. A group of scientists from United States and Singapore present PECAplus, a comprehensive set of statistical analysis tools to address this challenge. Protein expression control analysis (PECA) computes the probability scores for change in mRNA and protein-level regulatory parameters at each time point, deconvoluting gene expression regulation in the presence of measurement noise. PECAplus adapted PECA’s mass action model to a variety of proteomic data including pulsed SILAC and generic protein expression data. It also features analysis modules to fit smooth curves on rugged time series observations, and to facilitate time-dependent interpretation of the data for genes and biological functions. They demonstrate the core modules with two time course datasets of mammalian cells responding to unfolded proteins and pathogens.
Original language | English (US) |
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Article number | 3 |
Journal | npj Systems Biology and Applications |
Volume | 4 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Dec 1 2018 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Modeling and Simulation
- General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
- Drug Discovery
- Computer Science Applications
- Applied Mathematics