Approximation algorithms for predicting rna secondary structures with arbitrary pseudoknots

IEEE/ACM Transactions on Computational Biology and Bioinformatics

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 323-332

  Jiang, Minghui ^a  

^a Utah State University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

2 intervals; RNA secondary structure prediction; Stacking pairs

Indexed keywords

BASE PAIRS; POLYNOMIAL-TIME APPROXIMATION ALGORITHMS; PSEUDO-KNOTS; RNA SECONDARY STRUCTURE PREDICTION; RNA SECONDARY STRUCTURES; STACKINGS;

FORECASTING; POLYNOMIAL APPROXIMATION; RNA;

APPROXIMATION ALGORITHMS;

RNA;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

ALGORITHMS; BASE SEQUENCE; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA;

EID: 77952182015     PISSN: 15455963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCBB.2008.109     Document Type: Article

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