What does biologically meaningful mean? A perspective on gene regulatory network validation.

Abstract:

:Gene regulatory networks (GRNs) are rapidly being delineated, but their quality and biological meaning are often questioned. Here, I argue that biological meaning is challenging to define and discuss reasons why GRN validation should be interpreted cautiously.

journal_name

Genome Biol

journal_title

Genome biology

authors

Walhout AJ

doi

10.1186/gb-2011-12-4-109

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2011-01-01 00:00:00

pages

109

issue

4

eissn

1474-7596

issn

1474-760X

pii

gb-2011-12-4-109

journal_volume

12

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