Constructing and working with protein interaction graphs

Authors

  • Charalampos Moschopoulos
  • Seferina Mavroudi
  • Spiridon Likothanassis
  • Sophia Kossida

Abstract

Nowadays, the detection of protein – protein interactions is performed mainly from experimental methods that are able to record thousands of them in a single experiment. In this contribution, we present methods that are used to assess the reliability of protein -protein interactions and construct reliable protein interaction graphs. Furthermore, we present the most popular algorithms that are used to detect protein complexes or discover the functionality of unknown proteins through clustering protein interaction graphs. Finally, the most popular visualization software tools are described.

Author Biographies

  • Charalampos Moschopoulos

    1 Department of Computer Engineering & Informatics, University of Patras, Rio, Patras, Greece

    2 Bioinformatics & Medical Informatics Team, Biomedical Research Foundation of the Academy of Athens, Athens, Greece

  • Seferina Mavroudi

    Department of Computer Engineering & Informatics, University of Patras, Rio, Patras, Greece

  • Spiridon Likothanassis

    Department of Computer Engineering & Informatics, University of Patras, Rio, Patras, Greece

  • Sophia Kossida

    Bioinformatics & Medical Informatics Team, Biomedical Research Foundation of the Academy of Athens, Athens, Greece

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Vol. 15 No. 2

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