Title
Initial Cluster Analysis.
Abstract
We study a simple abstract problem motivated by a variety of applications in protein sequence analysis. Consider a string of 0s and 1s of length L, and containing 1s. If we believe that some or all of the 1s may be clustered near the start of the sequence, which subset is the most significantly so clustered, and how significant is this clustering? We approach this question using the minimum description length principle and illustrate its application by analyzing residues that distinguish translational initiation and elongation factor guanosine triphosphatases (GTPases) from other P-loop GTPases. Within a structure of yeast elongation factor 1, these residues form a significant cluster centered on a region implicated in guanine nucleotide exchange. Various biomedical questions may be cast as the abstract problem considered here.
Year
DOI
Venue
2018
10.1089/cmb.2017.0050
JOURNAL OF COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY
Keywords
DocType
Volume
cluster analysis,Minimum Description Length principle,Jeffreys' priors
Journal
25.0
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
2
1066-5277
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
4
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Stephen F Altschul118026.55
Neuwald Andrew F200.34