InteGO2: A web tool for measuring and visualizing gene semantic similarities using Gene Ontology

Peng, Jiajie; Li, Hongxiang; Liu, Yongzhuang; Juan, Liran; Jiang, Qinghua; Wang, Yadong; Chen, Jin

doi:10.1186/s12864-016-2828-6

InteGO2: A web tool for measuring and visualizing gene semantic similarities using Gene Ontology

Journal Article · Wed Aug 31 00:00:00 EDT 2016 · BMC Genomics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-016-2828-6· OSTI ID:1362018

Peng, Jiajie ^[1]; Li, Hongxiang ^[2]; Liu, Yongzhuang ^[2]; Juan, Liran ^[2]; Jiang, Qinghua ^[2]; Wang, Yadong ^[2]; Chen, Jin ^[3]

Northwestern Polytechnical Univ., Xi'an (China); Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States); School of Computer Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China
Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin (China)
Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States)

Here, the Gene Ontology (GO) has been used in high-throughput omics research as a major bioinformatics resource. The hierarchical structure of GO provides users a convenient platform for biological information abstraction and hypothesis testing. Computational methods have been developed to identify functionally similar genes. However, none of the existing measurements take into account all the rich information in GO. Similarly, using these existing methods, web-based applications have been constructed to compute gene functional similarities, and to provide pure text-based outputs. Without a graphical visualization interface, it is difficult for result interpretation. As a result, we present InteGO2, a web tool that allows researchers to calculate the GO-based gene semantic similarities using seven widely used GO-based similarity measurements. Also, we provide an integrative measurement that synergistically integrates all the individual measurements to improve the overall performance. Using HTML5 and cytoscape.js, we provide a graphical interface in InteGO2 to visualize the resulting gene functional association networks. In conclusion, InteGO2 is an easy-to-use HTML5 based web tool. With it, researchers can measure gene or gene product functional similarity conveniently, and visualize the network of functional interactions in a graphical interface.

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Research Organization:: Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: FG02-91ER20021

OSTI ID:: 1362018

Journal Information:: BMC Genomics, Journal Name: BMC Genomics Journal Issue: S5 Vol. 17; ISSN 1471-2164

Publisher:: SpringerCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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InteGO2: a web tool for measuring and visualizing gene semantic similarities using Gene Ontology [Supplementary Data] Peng, Jiajie; Li, Hongxiang; Liu, Yongzhuang https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.3601337 The current record is supplemented by this collection	collection	August 2016
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Additional file 1 of InteGO2: a web tool for measuring and visualizing gene semantic similarities using Gene Ontology Peng, Jiajie; Li, Hongxiang; Liu, Yongzhuang https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.3601337_d1 The current record is supplemented by this text	text	January 2016
Additional file 1 of InteGO2: a web tool for measuring and visualizing gene semantic similarities using Gene Ontology Peng, Jiajie; Li, Hongxiang; Liu, Yongzhuang https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.3601337_d1.v1 The current record is supplemented by this preprint	preprint	August 2016

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