Module networks: identifying regulatory modules and their condition-specific regulators from gene expression data

Nat Genet. 2003 Jun;34(2):166-76. doi: 10.1038/ng1165.

Abstract

Much of a cell's activity is organized as a network of interacting modules: sets of genes coregulated to respond to different conditions. We present a probabilistic method for identifying regulatory modules from gene expression data. Our procedure identifies modules of coregulated genes, their regulators and the conditions under which regulation occurs, generating testable hypotheses in the form 'regulator X regulates module Y under conditions W'. We applied the method to a Saccharomyces cerevisiae expression data set, showing its ability to identify functionally coherent modules and their correct regulators. We present microarray experiments supporting three novel predictions, suggesting regulatory roles for previously uncharacterized proteins.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Algorithms
  • Databases, Genetic
  • Gene Expression Profiling / statistics & numerical data*
  • Gene Expression Regulation, Fungal
  • Genes, Fungal
  • Genes, Regulator*
  • Models, Genetic
  • Models, Statistical
  • Mutation
  • Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis / statistics & numerical data
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae / genetics
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins / genetics

Substances

  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins