Title
FlyExpress: visual mining of spatiotemporal patterns for genes and publications in Drosophila embryogenesis.
Abstract
Images containing spatial expression patterns illuminate the roles of different genes during embryogenesis. In order to generate initial clues to regulatory interactions, biologists frequently need to know the set of genes expressed at the same time at specific locations in a developing embryo, as well as related research publications. However, text-based mining of image annotations and research articles cannot produce all relevant results, because the primary data are images that exist as graphical objects. We have developed a unique knowledge base (FlyExpress) to facilitate visual mining of images from Drosophila melanogaster embryogenesis. By clicking on specific locations in pictures of fly embryos from different stages of development and different visual projections, users can produce a list of genes and publications instantly. In FlyExpress, each queryable embryo picture is a heat-map that captures the expression patterns of more than 4500 genes and more than 2600 published articles. In addition, one can view spatial patterns for particular genes over time as well as find other genes with similar expression patterns at a given developmental stage. Therefore, FlyExpress is a unique tool for mining spatiotemporal expression patterns in a format readily accessible to the scientific community.
Year
DOI
Venue
2011
10.1093/bioinformatics/btr567
BIOINFORMATICS
Field
DocType
Volume
Data mining,Drosophila Protein,Drosophila embryogenesis,Gene,Visual mining,Biology,Bioinformatics,Knowledge base,Drosophila melanogaster,Gene expression profiling
Journal
27
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
23
1367-4803
9
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.77
0
15
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Sudhir Kumar137750.53
Charlotte Konikoff2212.05
Bernard Van Emden3301.77
Christopher Busick4131.62
Kailah T Davis590.77
Shuiwang Ji62579122.25
Lin-Wei Wu790.77
Hector Ramos8211.26
Thomas Brody990.77
Sethuraman Panchanathan101431152.04
Jieping Ye116943351.37
Timothy L Karr12131.26
Kristyn Gerold1390.77
Michael McCutchan14111.49
Stuart J Newfeld15251.98