State of the Interactomes: an evaluation of molecular networks for generating biological insights

The “interactome” is a nebulous concept; there are many types of biomolecules (proteins, RNA, DNA, lipids among others) that all interact with each other in different ways. This study launches an evaluation of 46 current human interactomes, showing that not all networks are created equal: large composite networks like STRING were most effective for identifying disease genes, and smaller networks like SIGNOR showed strong interaction prediction performance.

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