Detecting conserved secondary structures in RNA molecules using constrained structural alignment

Computational Biology and Chemistry

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 264-272

  Khaladkar, Mugdha ^a   Patel, Vandanaben ^a   Bellofatto, Vivian ^b   Wilusz, Jeffrey ^c   Wang, Jason T L ^a,b  

^a University Heights   (United States)

^b RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Constrained structural alignment; RNA motif; Viruses and protozoa

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MOLECULES; NUCLEIC ACIDS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RNA;

(E ,3E) PROCESS; CONSERVED REGIONS; CONSTRAINED SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; EFFICIENT METHODS; ELSEVIER (CO); EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS (HCV); INTERNAL RIBOSOME ENTRY SITES (IRES); LOCAL ALIGNMENT; MEANINGFUL ALIGNMENT; PROBABILITY MATRIXES; REGULAR EXPRESSIONS; RNA MOLECULES; RNA SECONDARY STRUCTURES; RNA STRUCTURES; SECONDARY STRUCTURES (SS); STATISTICAL MEASURES; STRUCTURAL ALIGNMENTS; STRUCTURAL INFORMATIONS; STRUCTURAL MOTIFS; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

ALIGNMENT;

RNA;

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; GENETICS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; HEPACIVIRUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

EID: 45549092593     PISSN: 14769271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiolchem.2008.03.013     Document Type: Article

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