Multivariate segmentation in the analysis of transcription tiling array data

J Comput Biol. 2008 Sep;15(7):845-56. doi: 10.1089/cmb.2007.0141.

Abstract

Tiling DNA microarrays extend current microarray technology by probing the non-repeat portion of a genome at regular intervals in an unbiased fashion. A fundamental problem in the analysis of these data is the detection of genomic regions that are differentially transcribed across multiple conditions. We propose a linear time algorithm based on segmentation techniques and linear modeling that can work at a user-selected false discovery rate (FDR). It also attains a fourfold sensitivity gain over the only competing algorithm when applied to a whole genome transcription data set spanning the embryonic development of Drosophila melanogaster.

MeSH terms

  • Algorithms*
  • Animals
  • Databases, Genetic
  • Drosophila melanogaster / embryology
  • Drosophila melanogaster / genetics*
  • Gene Expression Profiling / methods*
  • Genome
  • Models, Genetic
  • Multivariate Analysis
  • Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis / methods*
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA / methods
  • Transcription, Genetic*