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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1-2
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-9-2
pubmed:abstractText
Reverse engineering algorithms (REAs) aim at using gene expression data to reconstruct interactions in regulatory genetic networks. This may help to understand the basis of gene regulation, the core task of functional genomics. Collecting data for a number of environmental conditions is necessary to reengineer even the smallest regulatory networks with reasonable confidence. We systematically tested the requirements for the experimental design necessary for ranking alternative hypotheses about the structure of a given regulatory network. A genetic algorithm (GA) was used to explore the parameter space of a multistage discrete genetic network model with fixed connectivity and number of states per node. Our results show that it is not necessary to determine all parameters of the genetic network in order to rank hypotheses. The ranking process is easier the more experimental environmental conditions are used for the data set. During the ranking, the number of fixed parameters increases with the number of environmental conditions, while some errors in the hypothetical network structure may pass undetected, due to a maintained dynamical behaviour.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0303-2647
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
66
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
31-41
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Reverse engineering of regulatory networks: simulation studies on a genetic algorithm approach for ranking hypotheses.
pubmed:affiliation
Institute for Molecular Evolution, Evolutionary Biology Centre of the University of Uppsala, Norbyvägen 18C, Sweden. dirk.repsilber@ebc.uu.se
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't