Integrative approaches for microRNA target prediction: Combining sequence information and the paired mRNA and miRNA expression profiles

Current Bioinformatics

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 37-45

  Su, Naifang ^a   Qian, Minping ^a   Deng, Minghua ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Expression profile; Integrative analysis; MiRNA; Target prediction

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; RNA;

EXPRESSION PROFILE; GENE-REGULATION; INTEGRATIVE ANALYSIS; KEY FACTORS; MICRORNA EXPRESSION; MICRORNA TARGET PREDICTIONS; MIRNA; MRNA EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE INFORMATIONS; TARGET PREDICTION;

GENE EXPRESSION;

HSA LET 7G; MESSENGER RNA; MICRORNA; MICRORNA 142 3P; MICRORNA 148A; MICRORNA 16; MICRORNA 19B; MICRORNA 21; MICRORNA 26A; MICRORNA 29C; MICRORNA 370; MICRORNA 494; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CELL DIVISION; CELLS BY BODY ANATOMY; EXCISION REPAIR; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ONTOLOGY; HUMAN; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINE;

EID: 84904730206     PISSN: 15748936     EISSN: 2212392X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157489313804871614     Document Type: Article

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