Prediction and validation of protein-protein interactors from genome-wide DNA-binding data using a knowledgebased machine-learning approach

Open Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2016, Pages

  Waardenberg, Ashley J ^a,b   Homan, Bernou ^a   Mohamed, Stephanie ^a   Harvey, Richard P ^a,c   Bouveret, Romaric ^a,c  

^a VICTOR CHANG CARDIAC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gene regulatory networks; Machine learning; Protein protein interactions; Transcription factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990927809     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20462441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsob.160183     Document Type: Article

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