TY - JOUR AU - Zhang, Yuji PY - 2015 DA - 2015/08/28 TI - Network analysis reveals stage-specific changes in zebrafish embryo development using time course whole transcriptome profiling and prior biological knowledge JO - BioData Mining SP - 26 VL - 8 IS - 1 AB - Molecular networks act as the backbone of molecular activities within cells, offering a unique opportunity to better understand the mechanism of diseases. While network data usually constitute only static network maps, integrating them with time course gene expression information can provide clues to the dynamic features of these networks and unravel the mechanistic driver genes characterizing cellular responses. Time course gene expression data allow us to broadly “watch” the dynamics of the system. However, one challenge in the analysis of such data is to establish and characterize the interplay among genes that are altered at different time points in the context of a biological process or functional category. Integrative analysis of these data sources will lead us a more complete understanding of how biological entities (e.g., genes and proteins) coordinately perform their biological functions in biological systems. SN - 1756-0381 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s13040-015-0057-1 DO - 10.1186/s13040-015-0057-1 ID - Zhang2015 ER -