MiRTar Hunter: A prediction system for identifying human microRNA target sites

Molecules and Cells

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 195-201

  Park, Kiejung ^a   Kim, Ki Bong ^b  

^a Sangmyung University   (South Korea)

^b Korea National Institute of Health   (South Korea)

Author keywords

computational approach; dynamic programming; miRNA; miRTar Hunter; seed region

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; NUCLEOTIDE;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ENERGY; GENE EXPRESSION; PREDICTION; RNA RNA HYBRIDIZATION;

ALGORITHMS; BINDING SITES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; MICRORNAS; MODELS, GENETIC; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOFTWARE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84880036063     PISSN: 10168478     EISSN: 02191032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10059-013-2165-4     Document Type: Article

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