Computational methods for ab initio detection of microRNAs

Frontiers in Genetics

Volumn 3, Issue OCT, 2012, Pages

  Allmer, Jens ^a   Yousef, Malik ^b  

^a IZMIR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Turkey)

^b Galilee Society Institute of Applied Research   (Israel)

Author keywords

Ab initio; Mature miRNA; Prediction accuracy; Prediction of miRNAs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876136646     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16648021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2012.00209     Document Type: Article

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