MicroRNA target prediction: Problems and possible solutions

Current Bioinformatics

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 81-88

  Szabó, Peter M ^a   Tömböl, Zsófia ^a   Molnár, Viktor ^a   Falus, András ^a   Rácz, Károly ^a   Igaz, Peter ^a  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

microRNA; mRNA; Prediction algorithm; Seed region; Target; Target validation

Indexed keywords

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; RNA;

MESSENGER RNA; MICRORNA; MICRORNA TARGET PREDICTIONS; POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATIONS; PREDICTION ALGORITHMS; PREDICTION PROBLEM; RNA INTERACTION; RNA MOLECULES; SEED REGION; TARGET VALIDATIONS;

GENE EXPRESSION;

MESSENGER RNA; MICRORNA;

ALGORITHM; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; RNA BINDING;

EID: 77950175482     PISSN: 15748936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157489310790596394     Document Type: Review

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