Kfits
Kfits analyzes and cleans kinetic measurements to detect and remove outliers and extract kinetic parameters from protein aggregation kinetics.
Key Features:
- Outlier Detection and Removal: Identifies and eliminates noise caused by outliers in kinetic measurement datasets.
- Versatility: Applies to protein aggregation kinetics and a broad range of other kinetic measurements with minimal adjustment.
- Kinetic Parameter Extraction: Extracts kinetic parameters from cleaned time-course data for quantitative assessment.
- Scalability: Supports rapid processing of large datasets for high-throughput kinetic analyses.
Scientific Applications:
- Protein aggregation studies: Cleans and quantifies kinetics data to study protein misfolding and aggregation mechanisms.
- Neurodegenerative disease research: Improves data quality for analyses linking protein aggregation to neurodegenerative disorders.
- General kinetic measurement analysis: Enhances reliability of kinetic parameter estimation across diverse biochemical and biophysical experiments.
Methodology:
Implements a systematic workflow for detecting outliers and cleaning kinetic measurement data, enabling rapid processing of large datasets and application across different types of kinetic measurements.
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Details
- Tool Type:
- command-line tool, web application
- Operating Systems:
- Linux, Windows, Mac
- Programming Languages:
- Python
- Added:
- 6/20/2018
- Last Updated:
- 12/10/2018
Operations
Publications
Rimon O, Reichmann D. <i>Kfits</i>: a software framework for fitting and cleaning outliers in kinetic measurements. Bioinformatics. 2017;34(1):129-130. doi:10.1093/bioinformatics/btx577.
Funding: - BSF: 2015056
- ISF: 1765/13 and 2629/16
- HFSP: CDA00064/2014