The RNA Ontology (RNAO): An ontology for integrating RNA sequence and structure data

Applied Ontology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 53-89

  Hoehndorf, Robert ^a   Batchelor, Colin ^b   Bittner, Thomas ^c   Dumontier, Michel ^d   Eilbeck, Karen ^e   Knight, Rob ^f,k   Mungall, Chris J ^g   Richardson, Jane S ^h   Stombaugh, Jesse ^f   Westhof, Eric ⁱ   Zirbel, Craig L ^j   Leontis, Neocles B ^j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL SOCIETY OF CHEMISTRY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^d CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^g LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^h DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^j BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

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Author keywords

base pairing relation; base stacking relation; covalent bonding relation; non covalent bonding relation; Ontology of molecules; RNA motif; RNA ontology; RNA sequence alignment

Indexed keywords

BASE PAIRING; BASE STACKING; COVALENT BONDING; NON-COVALENT BONDING RELATION; RNA MOTIF; RNA SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ALIGNMENT; GENES; MOLECULES; RNA; STANDARDIZATION;

ONTOLOGY;

EID: 79959310410     PISSN: 15705838     EISSN: 18758533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/AO-2011-0082     Document Type: Article

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