Extensive complementarity between gene function prediction methods.

Journal: Bioinformatics (Oxford, England)
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Abstract

MOTIVATION: The number of sequenced genomes rises steadily but we still lack the knowledge about the biological roles of many genes. Automated function prediction (AFP) is thus a necessity. We hypothesized that AFP approaches that draw on distinct genome features may be useful for predicting different types of gene functions, motivating a systematic analysis of the benefits gained by obtaining and integrating such predictions.

Authors

  • Vedrana Vidulin
    Division of Electronics, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Bijenička cesta 54, Zagreb 10000, Croatia.
  • Tomislav Šmuc
    Division of Electronics, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Bijenička cesta 54, Zagreb 10000, Croatia.
  • Fran Supek
    Division of Electronics, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Bijenička cesta 54, Zagreb 10000, Croatia.