A study of microRNAs in silico and in vivo: Bioinformatics approaches to microRNA discovery and target identification

FEBS Journal

Volumn 276, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2150-2156

  Yousef, Malik ^a,b   Showe, Louise ^c   Showe, Michael ^c  

^a Galilee Society   (Israel)

^b Ono Academic College   (Israel)

^c WISTAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioinformatics; Machine learning; MicroRNA; MicroRNA target

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA;

BIOINFORMATICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER MODEL; DATA BASE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE TARGETING; IN VIVO STUDY; LEARNING ALGORITHM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA SEQUENCE; SHORT SURVEY; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; HUMANS; MICRORNAS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 63049136932     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2009.06933.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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