Novel representation of RNA secondary structure used to improve prediction algorithms

Genetics and Molecular Research

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1986-1998

  Zou, Q ^a   Lin, C ^a   Liu, X Y ^b   Han, Y P ^c   Li, W B ^a   Guo, M Z ^b  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c NORTHEAST AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Comparative sequence analysis; Dot plots; RNA secondary structure; Stem

Indexed keywords

RIBONUCLEASE; TRANSFER RNA;

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ANAPLASMA MARGINALE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HALOBACTERIUM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREDICTION ALGORITHM; RNA SECONDARY STRUCTURE; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA STRUCTURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ALGORITHMS; ANAPLASMA MARGINALE; BASE SEQUENCE; HALOBACTERIUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RNA, ARCHAEAL; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, PROTOZOAN; RNA, TRANSFER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 80955124619     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16765680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4238/vol10-3gmr1181     Document Type: Article

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