Efficient prediction methods for selecting effective siRNA sequences

Computers in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 149-158

  Takasaki, Shigeru ^a  

^a TOYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Estimation of gene silencing; Gene silencing; RBF network; RNA interference; SiRNA design

Indexed keywords

GENE SILENCING; RBF NETWORK; RNA INTERFERENCE; SIRNA DESIGN;

DECISION TREES; DESIGN; ESTIMATION; MAMMALS; RADIAL BASIS FUNCTION NETWORKS; RNA;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

CYCLOPHILIN B; FIREFLY LUCIFERASE; MESSENGER RNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; DECISION TREE; GENE SILENCING; GENE TARGETING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RADIAL BASED FUNCTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA SEQUENCE;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; DATABASES, NUCLEIC ACID; DECISION TREES; GENE SILENCING; HUMANS; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); PROBABILITY; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; ROC CURVE;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 77649184817     PISSN: 00104825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2009.11.011     Document Type: Article

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