Graphs in molecular biology

BMC Bioinformatics. 2007 Sep 27;8 Suppl 6(Suppl 6):S8. doi: 10.1186/1471-2105-8-S6-S8.

Abstract

Graph theoretical concepts are useful for the description and analysis of interactions and relationships in biological systems. We give a brief introduction into some of the concepts and their areas of application in molecular biology. We discuss software that is available through the Bioconductor project and present a simple example application to the integration of a protein-protein interaction and a co-expression network.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Algorithms
  • Computational Biology / methods*
  • Computational Biology / trends*
  • Computer Graphics*
  • Computer Simulation
  • Gene Expression Profiling / methods*
  • Gene Expression Regulation / physiology
  • Models, Biological*
  • Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis / methods
  • Proteome / metabolism*
  • Signal Transduction / physiology*
  • Transcription, Genetic / physiology

Substances

  • Proteome