A three-phase algorithm for computer aided siRNA design

Informatica (Ljubljana)

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 357-364

  Zhou, Hong ^a   Zeng, Xiao ^b   Wang, Yufang ^c   Seyfarth, Benjamin Ray ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SAINT JOSEPH   (United States)

^b SuperArray Bioscience Corporation   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

BLAST; RNA interference; siRNA; Smith Waterman; Three phase

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DATA REDUCTION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; GENES; RNA;

BLAST; RNA INTERFERENCE; SIRNA; SMITH WATERMAN; THREE PHASE ALGORITHM;

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN;

EID: 33845248404     PISSN: 03505596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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