DeeplyEssential: a deep neural network for predicting essential genes in microbes.

Journal: BMC bioinformatics
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Essential genes are those genes that are critical for the survival of an organism. The prediction of essential genes in bacteria can provide targets for the design of novel antibiotic compounds or antimicrobial strategies.

Authors

  • Md Abid Hasan
    Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of California Riverside, 900 University Ave, Riverside, 92507, CA, USA. mhasa006@ucr.edu.
  • Stefano Lonardi
    Computer Science and Engineering, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, 92521, CA, USA. stelo@cs.ucr.edu.