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From data towards knowledge: Revealing the architecture of signaling systems by unifying knowledge mining and data mining of systematic perturbation data
Genetic and pharmacological perturbation experiments, such as deleting a gene
and monitoring gene expression responses, are powerful tools for studying
cellular signal transduction pathways. However, it remains a challenge to
automatically derive knowledge of a cellular signaling system at a conceptual
level from systematic perturbation-response data. In this study, we explored a
framework that unifies knowledge mining and data mining approaches towards the
goal. The framework consists of the following automated processes: 1) applying
an ontology-driven knowledge mining approach to identify functional modules
among the genes responding to a perturbation in order to reveal potential
signals affected by the perturbation; 2) applying a graph-based data mining
approach to search for perturbations that affect a common signal with respect
to a functional module, and 3) revealing the architecture of a signaling system
organize signaling units into a hierarchy based on their relationships.
Applying this framework to a compendium of yeast perturbation-response data, we
have successfully recovered many well-known signal transduction pathways; in
addition, our analysis have led to many hypotheses regarding the yeast signal
transduction system; finally, our analysis automatically organized perturbed
genes as a graph reflecting the architect of the yeast signaling system.
Importantly, this framework transformed molecular findings from a gene level to
a conceptual level, which readily can be translated into computable knowledge
in the form of rules regarding the yeast signaling system, such as "if genes
involved in MAPK signaling are perturbed, genes involved in pheromone responses
will be differentially expressed"
Quark helicity distributions in transverse momentum space and transverse coordinate space
The transverse momentum dependent helicity distributions of valence quarks
are calculated in the light-cone diquark model by adopting two different
approaches. We use the model results to analyze the -dependent
double spin asymmetries for , and productions in
semi-inclusive deep inelastic scattering, and find that the asymmetries agree
with the CLAS data in one of the approaches. By taking the Fourier transform of
the transverse momentum dependent helicity distributions, we obtain the
helicity distributions of valence quarks in the transverse coordinate space,
and then apply them further to predict the Bessel-weighted double spin
asymmetries of , and productions in semi-inclusive deep
inelastic scattering at CLAS, COMPASS and HERMES for the first time. The shape
of the Bessel-weighted double spin asymmetry thereby provides a direct probe on
the transverse structure of longitudinally polarized quarks.Comment: References added, version published in PR
EMC effect in semi-inclusive deep-inelastic scattering process
By considering the -dependence of , , , ,
, , , hadron productions in charged lepton
semi-inclusive deep inelastic scattering off nuclear target (using Fe as an
example) and deuteron D target, % at GeV, we find that
and
are ideal to figure out the nuclear sea
content, which is predicted to be different by different models accounting for
the nuclear EMC effect.Comment: 21 latex pages, 15 figure
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