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ELIMINATOR: essentiality analysis using multisystem networks and integer programming.
BMC bioinformatics - 6 Aug 2022
Antoranz Asier, Ortiz María, Pey Jon
Abstract excerpt
A gene is considered as essential when it is indispensable for cells to grow and replicate in a certain environment. However, gene essentiality is not a structural property but rather a contextual one, which depends on the specific biological conditions affecting the cell. This circumstantial essentiality of genes is what brings the attention of scientist since we can identify genes essential for cancer cells but...
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