A Hidden Markov Model approach to predicting yeast gene function from sequential gene expression data

Int J Bioinform Res Appl. 2008;4(3):263-73. doi: 10.1504/IJBRA.2008.019574.

Abstract

Existing data mining tools can only achieve about 40% precision in function prediction of unannotated genes. We developed a gene function prediction tool based on profile Hidden Markov Models (HMMs). Each function class was modelled using a distinct HMM whose parameters were trained using yeast time-series gene expression profiles. Two structural variants of HMMs were designed and tested, each of them on 40 function classes. The highest overall prediction precision achieved was 67% using double-split HMM with leave-one-out cross-validation. We also attempted to generalise HMMs to dynamic Bayesian networks for gene function prediction using heterogeneous data sets.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Computer Simulation
  • Gene Expression Profiling / methods*
  • Gene Expression Regulation, Fungal / physiology*
  • Markov Chains
  • Models, Biological*
  • Models, Statistical
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae / metabolism*
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins / metabolism*
  • Signal Transduction / physiology*

Substances

  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins