Stadler Peter F, Prohaska Sonja J, Forst Christian V, Krakauer David C
Bioinformatics Group, Department of Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Center for Bioinformatics, University of Leipzig, Härtelstrasse 16-18, 04107 Leipzig, Germany.
Theory Biosci. 2009 Aug;128(3):165-70. doi: 10.1007/s12064-009-0067-y. Epub 2009 Jun 26.
The precise elucidation of the gene concept has become the subject of intense discussion in light of results from several, large high-throughput surveys of transcriptomes and proteomes. In previous work, we proposed an approach for constructing gene concepts that combines genomic heritability with elements of function. Here, we introduce a definition of the gene within a computational framework of cellular interactions. The definition seeks to satisfy the practical requirements imposed by annotation, capture logical aspects of regulation, and encompass the evolutionary property of homology.
