Computational RNomics: Structure identification and functional prediction of non-coding RNAs in silico

Science China Life Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 548-562

  Zheng, Ling Ling ^a   Qu, Liang Hu ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Computational RNomics; Eukaryote; Non coding RNA

Indexed keywords

UNTRANSLATED RNA;

ALGORITHM; BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; DATA BASE; EUKARYOTE; GENETIC DATABASE; GENOMICS; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; DATABASES, GENETIC; EUKARYOTA; GENOMICS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; RNA, UNTRANSLATED; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 77953712744     PISSN: 16747305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11427-010-0101-9     Document Type: Review

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