Exploring essential attributes for detecting MicroRNA Precursors from background sequences

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 4316 LNBI, Issue , 2006, Pages 131-145

  Zheng, Yun ^a   Hsu, Wynne ^a   Lee, Mong Li ^a   Wong, Limsoon ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE EXPRESSION; INFORMATION THEORY; MICROARRAYS;

BIOGENESIS; PHYLOGENETIC DISTANCE;

RNA;

EID: 34547430648     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/11960669_12     Document Type: Conference Paper

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