STRING FAQ

Question 1

How are the scores computed?

Accepted Answer

The combined score is computed by combining the probabilities from the different evidence channels and corrected for the probability of randomly observing an interaction.

Question 2

What are local STRING network clusters?

Accepted Answer

Local STRING network clusters or simply STRING clusters are precomputed protein clusters derived by hierarchically clustering the full STRING network using an average linkage algorithm.

Question 3

How do I change the color of the nodes?

Accepted Answer

There are several methods avaliable to label your STRING network with differently colored nodes: Payload mechanism, Cytoscape stringApp, Python script...

Question 4

How can I save a certain network?

Accepted Answer

You can find your network avaliable for download under Tables/Exports tab.

Question 5

How to cite STRING?

Accepted Answer

Szklarczyk et al. Nucleic acids research 47.D1 (2018): D607-D613.2

Question 6

Which databases does STRING extract experimental data from?

Accepted Answer

BIND, DIP, GRID, HPRD, IntAct, MINT, and PID.

Question 7

From which databases does STRING extract curated data?

Accepted Answer

Biocarta, BioCyc, GO, KEGG, and Reactome.

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