Computational Prediction of Viral miRNAs

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 721, Issue , 2011, Pages 143-152

  Grundhoff, Adam ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR EXPERIMENTAL VIROLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

microRNA; miRNA; miRNA prediction; Noncoding RNA; RNAi; Viral miRNA; VMir

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER INTERFACE; DNA MICROARRAY; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; NORTHERN BLOTTING; VIRUS;

BLOTTING, NORTHERN; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; MICRORNAS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; RNA, VIRAL; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; VIRUSES;

EID: 79960070453     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: 19406029     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-037-9_8     Document Type: Chapter

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