Prashanth N Suravajhala
  • Principal Scientist, Amrita University Kerala
Research fields
  • Systems biology
Gene Networks Based on the Graphical Gaussian Model
Author:  Shisong Ma, date: 02/20/2012, view: 14509, Q&A: 1
This protocol describes how to build a gene network based on the graphical Gaussian model (GGM) from large scale microarray data. GGM uses partial correlation coefficient (pcor) to infer co-expression relationship between genes. Compared to the traditional Pearson’ correlation coefficient, partial correlation is a better measurement of direct dependency between genes. However, to calculate pcor requires a large number of observations (microarray slides) greatly exceeding the number of variables (genes). This protocol uses a regularized method to circumvent this obstacle, and is capable of building a network for ~20,000 genes from ~2,000 microarray slides. For more details, see Ma et al. (2007). For help regarding the script, please contact the author.
Very good one!
[Feedback 1] This was a very useful protocol indeed. Yes, to a larger extent! Whence proposing a six point classification scoring schema for predicting the function of hypothetical proteins, we wondered if two interacting proteins shown in our proposed hypothome (interactOME of HYPOTHetical proteins) could coexpress. The transcriptomic profiles were checked albeit we used a GUI based web models to find inferences from this protocol. We also followed this with our similactor model.
We use cookies on this site to enhance your user experience. By using our website, you are agreeing to allow the storage of cookies on your computer.