NFP: An R Package for Characterizing and Comparing of Annotated Biological Networks
Joint Authors
Cao, Yang
Li, Fei
Bo, Xiaochen
Xu, Wenjian
Niu, Chao
Source
Issue
Vol. 2017, Issue 2017 (31 Dec. 2017), pp.1-5, 5 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2017-02-09
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
5
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Large amounts of various biological networks exist for representing different types of interaction data, such as genetic, metabolic, gene regulatory, and protein-protein relationships.
Recent approaches on biological network study are based on different mathematical concepts.
It is necessary to construct a uniform framework to judge the functionality of biological networks.
We recently introduced a knowledge-based computational framework that reliably characterized biological networks in system level.
The method worked by making systematic comparisons to a set of well-studied “basic networks,” measuring both the functional and topological similarities.
A biological network could be characterized as a spectrum-like vector consisting of similarities to basic networks.
Here, to facilitate the application, development, and adoption of this framework, we present an R package called NFP.
This package extends our previous pipeline, offering a powerful set of functions for Network Fingerprint analysis.
The software shows great potential in biological network study.
The open source NFP R package is freely available under the GNU General Public License v2.0 at CRAN along with the vignette.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Cao, Yang& Xu, Wenjian& Niu, Chao& Bo, Xiaochen& Li, Fei. 2017. NFP: An R Package for Characterizing and Comparing of Annotated Biological Networks. BioMed Research International،Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1138595
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Cao, Yang…[et al.]. NFP: An R Package for Characterizing and Comparing of Annotated Biological Networks. BioMed Research International No. 2017 (2017), pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1138595
American Medical Association (AMA)
Cao, Yang& Xu, Wenjian& Niu, Chao& Bo, Xiaochen& Li, Fei. NFP: An R Package for Characterizing and Comparing of Annotated Biological Networks. BioMed Research International. 2017. Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1138595
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1138595