Rapid ab initio prediction of RNA pseudoknots via graph tree decomposition

Journal of Mathematical Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 145-159

  Zhao, Jizhen ^a   Malmberg, Russell L ^b   Cai, Liming ^a  

^a University of Georgia ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Maximum independent set; Pseudoknot; RNA secondary structure prediction; Thermodynamic energy; Tree decomposition; Tree width

Indexed keywords

RNA;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFORMATION; METHODOLOGY;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA;

EID: 36448972368     PISSN: 03036812     EISSN: 14321416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00285-007-0124-4     Document Type: Article

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