Computational identification and functional predictions of long noncoding RNA in Zea mays

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Boerner, Susan ^a   McGinnis, Karen M ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; LONG NONCODING RNA; PLANT RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNTRANSLATED RNA;

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCUS; MAIZE; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PLANT GENOME; PREDICTION; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINE;

COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; RNA, LONG UNTRANSLATED; RNA, PLANT; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84865079670     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0043047     Document Type: Article

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