[BioC] Detecting overrepresented genomic loci

[Sean Davis]

You might look at GLAD, DNAcopy, and aCGH as possibilities, but this 
isn't exactly what you want, I suppose given that you have a set of 
differentially expressed genes already.  Another tact is to look at 
something like WebGestalt (online tool).  It allows you to give a set 
of genes as input and can plot where these genes are on the genome.  
Finally, you could use something like Fisher exact test by region or 
chromosome arm to determine the "significance" of clustering by region 
but this would require some coding on your part.

Sean

On Mar 29, 2005, at 4:07 PM, jeffrey rasmussen wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> My goal is to discover regions with multiple adjacent genes 
> coordinately regulated. Are there any packages that would allow one to 
> test for genomic loci that are overrepresented in a subset of genes 
> versus the remaining genes on the chip? I have tried using the 
> geneplotter package to visualize the genomic distribution of 
> differentially expressed genes, however, I have found it difficult to 
> identify candidate loci from these plots because neighboring genes are 
> indistinguishable from each other on the output graphic.
>
> Thanks,
> Jeff.
>
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> Department of Immunology
> University of Washington
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