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Abstract:
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Information for regulating a gene's transcription is contained in the conserved patterns (motifs) on the upstream/downstream DNA sequence (promoter region) close to the target gene. By combining the information contained in both gene expression measurements and genes' promoter sequences, I proposed a novel procedure for identifying functional active motifs under certain stimuli. A nonlinear regression model, single index model, was used to associate promoter sequence information of a gene and its mRNA expression measurements. In this talk, I will describe computational efficient variable selection procedures and criteria, which were developed for the single index model. I will also demonstrate the advantage of these methods both theoretically and empirically. Compared with existing methods, our proposed procedures can greatly improve variable sensitivities and specificities.
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