Prediction of translation initiation sites in human mRNA sequences with AUG start codon in weak Kozak context: A neural network approach

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 369, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1166-1168

  Tikole, Suhas ^a   Sankararamakrishnan, Ramasubbu ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

Kozak context; Neural network; Translation initiation site; Weak context

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; NUCLEOTIDE; PURINE;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; EUKARYOTE; HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA TRANSLATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; START CODON; TRANSLATION INITIATION;

ALGORITHMS; BASE SEQUENCE; CODON, INITIATOR; HUMANS; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); PEPTIDE CHAIN INITIATION, TRANSLATIONAL; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, RIBONUCLEIC ACID; RNA, MESSENGER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 41149131596     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2008.03.008     Document Type: Article

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