Categories: graph analysis

NetMatch* is a Cytoscape app that allow user to find all the occurrences of a query graph in a network and check for its significance as a motif with respect to seven different random models. The query can be uploaded or built from scratch using Cytoscape facilities. NetMatch* also allows queries with wildcards.

Authors:

• Fabio Rinnone (Department of Maths and Computer Science, University of Catania, Catania, Italy)
• Giovanni Micale (Department of Maths and Computer Science, University of Catania, Catania, Italy)
• Vincenzo Bonnici (Department of Computer Science, University of Verona, Verona, Italy)
• Gary Bader (The Donnelly Centre, University of Toronto)
• Dennis Shasha (Department of Computer Science, Courant Institute of Mathematical Science, New York University, New York, U.S.A.)
• Alfredo Ferro (Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, Catania, Italy)
• Alfredo Pulvirenti (Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, Catania, Italy)
• Rosalba Giugno (Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, Catania, Italy)