An algorithm for finding conserved secondary structure motifs in unaligned RNA sequences

Journal of Computer Science and Technology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 2-12

  Pavesi, Giulio ^a   Mauri, Giancarlo ^a   Pesole, Graziano ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Affix trees; Pattern discovery; RNA secondary structure

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; DATA STRUCTURES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCES; PROTEINS; RNA;

AFFIX TREES; GENE EXPRESSION; IRON RESPONSIVE ELEMENTS; PATTERN DISCOVERY; RNA SEQUENCES; SECONDARY STRUCTURE MOTIFS;

ALGORITHMS;

EID: 1242265374     PISSN: 10009000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02944781     Document Type: Article

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