Evaluating the predictability of conformational switching in RNA

Bioinformatics

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1573-1582

  Voss, Björn ^a   Meyer, Carsten ^a   Giegerich, Robert ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; GENE SWITCHING; GENETIC ALGORITHM; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; REGULATORY RNA SEQUENCE; RNA CONFORMATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 3543128223     PISSN: 13674803     EISSN: 13674811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/bth129     Document Type: Article

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