dc.contributor.author | Yang, ZR | |
dc.contributor.author | Bullifent, HL | |
dc.contributor.author | Moore, K | |
dc.contributor.author | Paszkiewicz, K | |
dc.contributor.author | Saint, RJ | |
dc.contributor.author | Southern, SJ | |
dc.contributor.author | Champion, OL | |
dc.contributor.author | Senior, NJ | |
dc.contributor.author | Sarkar-Tyson, M | |
dc.contributor.author | Oyston, PCF | |
dc.contributor.author | Atkins, TP | |
dc.contributor.author | Titball, RW | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-03-17T11:15:06Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2017-02-06 | |
dc.description.abstract | Massively parallel sequencing technology coupled with saturation mutagenesis has provided new and global insights into gene functions and roles. At a simplistic level, the frequency of mutations within genes can indicate the degree of essentiality. However, this approach neglects to take account of the positional significance of mutations - the function of a gene is less likely to be disrupted by a mutation close to the distal ends. Therefore, a systematic bioinformatics approach to improve the reliability of essential gene identification is desirable. We report here a parametric model which introduces a novel mutation feature together with a noise trimming approach to predict the biological significance of Tn5 mutations. We show improved performance of essential gene prediction in the bacterium Yersinia pestis, the causative agent of plague. This method would have broad applicability to other organisms and to the identification of genes which are essential for competitiveness or survival under a broad range of stresses. | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | This work was supported by the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory under contract DSTLX-1000060221 (WP1). | en_GB |
dc.identifier.citation | Vol. 7, article 41923 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1038/srep41923 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10871/26658 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | Springer Nature | en_GB |
dc.relation.url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28165493 | en_GB |
dc.rights | Open access. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in the credit line; if the material is not included under the Creative Commons license, users will need to obtain permission from the license holder to reproduce the material. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | en_GB |
dc.title | A Noise Trimming and Positional Significance of Transposon Insertion System to Identify Essential Genes in Yersinia pestis | en_GB |
dc.type | Article | en_GB |
dc.date.available | 2017-03-17T11:15:06Z | |
exeter.place-of-publication | England | en_GB |
dc.description | This is the final version of the article. Available from Springer Nature via the DOI in this record. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.journal | Scientific Reports | en_GB |