caspo: a toolbox for automated reasoning on the response of logical signaling networks families

Bioinformatics. 2017 Mar 15;33(6):947-950. doi: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btw738.

Abstract

Summary: We introduce the caspo toolbox, a python package implementing a workflow for reasoning on logical networks families. Our software allows researchers to (i) a family of logical networks derived from a given topology and explaining the experimental response to various perturbations; (ii) all logical networks in a given family by their input-output behaviors; (iii) the response of the system to every possible perturbation based on the ensemble of predictions; (iv) new experimental perturbations to discriminate among a family of logical networks; and (v) a family of logical networks by finding all interventions strategies forcing a set of targets into a desired steady state.

Availability and implementation: caspo is open-source software distributed under the GPLv3 license. Source code is publicly hosted at http://github.com/bioasp/caspo .

Contact: [email protected].

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Hepatocytes / metabolism
  • Humans
  • Models, Biological
  • Phosphoproteins
  • Signal Transduction*
  • Software*
  • Systems Biology / methods*
  • Workflow

Substances

  • Phosphoproteins