A search for H/ACA snoRNAs in yeast using MFE secondary structure prediction

Bioinformatics

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 865-873

  Edvardsson, Sverker ^a   Gardner, Paul P ^b   Poole, Anthony M ^b   Hendy, Michael D ^b   Penny, David ^b   Moulton, Vincent ^c  

^a MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SMALL NUCLEOLAR RNA; UNTRANSLATED RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; EUKARYOTE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ALGORITHM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC SCREENING; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA PROCESSING; RNA SYNTHESIS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EUKARYOTA; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0037620648     PISSN: 13674803     EISSN: 13674811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btg080     Document Type: Article

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