DULoc: quantitatively unmixing protein subcellular location patterns in immunofluorescence images based on deep learning features.

Journal: Bioinformatics (Oxford, England)
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Abstract

MOTIVATION: Knowledge of subcellular locations of proteins is of great significance for understanding their functions. The multi-label proteins that simultaneously reside in or move between more than one subcellular structure usually involve with complex cellular processes. Currently, the subcellular location annotations of proteins in most studies and databases are descriptive terms, which fail to capture the protein amount or fractions across different locations. This highly limits the understanding of complex spatial distribution and functional mechanism of multi-label proteins. Thus, quantitatively analyzing the multiplex location patterns of proteins is an urgent and challenging task.

Authors

  • Min-Qi Xue
    School of Biomedical Engineering and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Medical Image Processing, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China.
  • Xi-Liang Zhu
    School of Biomedical Engineering and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Medical Image Processing, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China.
  • Ge Wang
    Biomedical Imaging Center, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, USA.
  • Ying-Ying Xu