Computational RNA structure prediction

Current Bioinformatics

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 32-45

  Capriotti, Emidio ^a   Marti Renom, Marc A ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN PRÍNCIPE FELIPE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Comparative modeling; Computational biology; RNA; Secondary structure; Structure prediction; Tertiary structure

Indexed keywords

BIOACTIVITY; BIOINFORMATICS; FORECASTING; GENE EXPRESSION;

COMPARATIVE MODELING; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; INFORMATION TRANSFERS; RIBOZYMES; RNA MOLECULES; RNA STRUCTURES; SECONDARY STRUCTURES; SIMPLE INFORMATIONS; STRUCTURE PREDICTION; TERTIARY STRUCTURES;

RNA;

MICRORNA; RIBOZYME; RNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ALGORITHM; BIOINFORMATICS; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CATALYSIS; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYLOGENY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DATABASE; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; REVIEW; RNA STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 38949138481     PISSN: 15748936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157489308783329823     Document Type: Review

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