Computational challenges in miRNA target predictions: To be or not to be a true target?

Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology

Volumn 2009, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Masotti, Andrea ^c   Barbato, Christian ^a   Arisi, Ivan ^a   Frizzo, Marcos E ^b   Brandi, Rossella ^a   Da Sacco, Letizia ^c  

^a EUROPEAN BRAIN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b Instituto de Ciencias Biologicas e da Saude Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais   (Brazil)

^c Children's Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; MESSENGER RNA;

DNA MICROARRAY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; REVIEW; RNA ANALYSIS; ALGORITHM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; GENOMICS; METHODOLOGY;

ANIMALIA;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENOMICS; MICRORNAS; MODELS, GENETIC; RNA, MESSENGER; SOFTWARE;

EID: 68149171901     PISSN: 11107243     EISSN: 11107251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2009/803069     Document Type: Review

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