Predicting Essential Genes and Proteins Based on Machine Learning and Network Topological Features: A Comprehensive Review.
Predicting Essential Genes and Proteins Based on Machine Learning and Network Topological Features: A Comprehensive Review.
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基于机器学习和网络拓扑特征预测必需基因和蛋白质:综合综述
DOI:
10.3389/fphys.2016.00075
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发表时间:
2016
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4
通讯作者:
Lemke N
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作者:
Zhang X;Acencio ML;Lemke N
Essential proteins/genes are indispensable to the survival or reproduction of an organism, and the deletion of such essential proteins will result in lethality or infertility. The identification of essential genes is very important not only for understanding the minimal requirements for survival of an organism, but also for finding human disease genes and new drug targets. Experimental methods for identifying essential genes are costly, time-consuming, and laborious. With the accumulation of sequenced genomes data and high-throughput experimental data, many computational methods for identifying essential proteins are proposed, which are useful complements to experimental methods. In this review, we show the state-of-the-art methods for identifying essential genes and proteins based on machine learning and network topological features, point out the progress and limitations of current methods, and discuss the challenges and directions for further research.