event thumbnail image
Probabilistic Modelling of Networks and Pathways

Bayesian Inference of transcription factor activity - an application to the fission yeast cell cycle

author: Simon Rogers, University of Glasgow

Description

When modeling genetic regulatory interactions, it is often assumed that the mRNA expression of a transcription factor is a reliable proxy for the regulatory activity of that transcription factor. There are many examples where this assumption does not hold due to post-transcriptional and translational modifications of the transcription factor protein. As true transcription factor activity is very difficult to measure, methods to infer it are becoming increasingly common and it is likely that will become increasingly important when building models of regulatory interactions. Previously, we have shown how Bayesian techniques, particularly Markov- Chain Monte-Carlo based sampling, can enable us to make inferences regarding the activity of transcription factors based on the transcript levels of their targets. However, in that work, we only looked at simple regulatory interactions where one transcription factor acted individually on a set of target genes. In this work, we investigate extending this model to the more general (and common) case of multiple transcription factors working together. As an example application, we use data from a small regulatory network from the fission yeast cell cycle in which several transcription factors are known to work together to produce the desired response, and for which plentiful experimental data are available.

You might be experiencing some problems with Your Video player.
Slides
0:00 Towards Bayesian inference in multiple-input motifs
0:09 Overview
0:37 Previously.....TFA inference in SIMs
2:17 G/M2 Transition in fission yeast - part 1
3:50 G/M2 Transition in fission yeast - part 2
4:10 Competitive transcription factors
5:26 mRNA production
7:13 Stochastic Quasi-Steady-State assumption - part 1
7:46 mRNA production
7:50 Stochastic Quasi-Steady-State assumption - part 1
8:23 mRNA production
8:45 Stochastic Quasi-Steady-State assumption - part 1
9:10 Stochastic Quasi-Steady-State assumption - part 2
10:25 Competitive transcription factors
11:25 Examples - how good is the approximation? - part 1
12:26 Examples - how good is the approximation? - part 2
12:54 Example - inference - part 1
14:20 Example - inference - part 2
14:50 Conclusions and Future work

Lecture rating

People found this lecture:
Worth seeing
because it is:
 Valuable and informative
Well presented
Easily understandable
Acceptably recorded
You need to login to cast your vote.

Report a problem or upload files

If you have found a problem with this lecture or would like to send us extra material, articles, exercises, etc., please use our ticket system to describe your request and upload the data.
Enter your e-mail into the 'Cc' field, and we will keep you updated with your request's status.

Link this page

Would you like to put a link to this lecture on your homepage?
Go ahead! Copy the HTML snippet !

Write your own review or comment:

make sure you have javascript enabled or clear this field: