title: Protein interaction mapping for target validation: the need for an integrated combinatory process involving complementary approaches.
abstract: Identification, selection, validation and prioritization of targets for therapeutic intervention requires understanding of the biological role of individual proteins in cellular pathways. Unraveling the ways in which proteins interact with each other appears to be crucial in achieving that goal. A number of recently described high-throughput approaches for analyzing cellular protein-protein interactions and previously proposed prediction procedures are compared in this review. The relative advantages of each method are discussed in relation to reproducibility, comprehensiveness and biological significance. It is concluded that only a combination of complementary biochemical technologies supported by reliable algorithms, will provide exhaustive maps of protein interactions for a cellular interactome.
authors.affiliation: Hybrigenics, 3/5 Impasse Reille, 75014 Paris, France. adstrosberg@hybrigenics.fr
authors.forename: A Donny
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Strosberg
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D019295:Computational Biology / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends; D016503:Drug Delivery Systems / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D025941:Protein Interaction Mapping / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends; D011506:Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D015203:Reproducibility of Results
chemical_list: D011506:Proteins