MiRenSVM: Towards better prediction of microRNA precursors using an ensemble SVM classifier with multi-loop features

BMC Bioinformatics

Volumn 11, Issue SUPPL. 11, 2010, Pages

  Ding, Jiandong ^a   Zhou, Shuigeng ^a   Guan, Jihong ^b  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM; COMPUTATIONAL APPROACH; EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURE; MINIMUM FREE ENERGIES; PREDICTION PERFORMANCE; PREDICTION RATE; SECONDARY STRUCTURES; STATE-OF-THE-ART APPROACH;

ANIMALS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; FORECASTING; GENES; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINES; TRANSIENTS;

RNA;

ANIMALIA; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; HOMO SAPIENS;

MICRORNA; RNA PRECURSOR;

ANIMAL; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; HUMANS; MICRORNAS; RNA PRECURSORS;

EID: 78650816392     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712105     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2105-11-S11-S11     Document Type: Article

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