title: Multi-knockout genetic network analysis: the Rad6 example.
abstract: A novel and rigorous Multi-perturbation Shapley Value Analysis (MSA) method has been recently presented [12]. The method addresses the challenge of defining and calculating the functional causal contributions of elements of a biological system. This paper presents the first study applying MSA to the analysis of gene knockout data. The MSA identifies the importance of genes in the Rad6 DNA repair pathway of the yeast S. cerevisiae, quantifying their contributions and characterizing their functional interactions. Incorporating additional biological knowledge, a new functional description of the Rad6 pathway is provided, predicting the existence of additional DNA polymerase and RFC-like complexes. The MSA is the first method for rigorously analyzing multi-knockout experiments, which are likely to soon become a standard and necessary tool for analyzing complex biological systems.
authors.affiliation: Center of Neural Computation, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel. akaufman@alice.nc.huji.ac.il
authors.forename: Alon
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kaufman
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kupiec
authors.forename: Eytan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ruppin
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D003198:Computer Simulation; D004249:DNA Damage / Q000235:genetics; D004260:DNA Repair / Q000502:physiology*; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000235:genetics*; D020868:Gene Silencing / Q000502:physiology; D008954:Models, Biological; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology*; D044763:Ubiquitin-Conjugating Enzymes / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D004271:DNA, Fungal; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; C471606:RAD6 protein, S cerevisiae; D044763:Ubiquitin-Conjugating Enzymes