Evaluating the predictability of conformational switching in RNA
Author(s) -
Björn Voß,
Carsten Meyer,
Robert Giegerich
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
bioinformatics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.599
H-Index - 390
eISSN - 1367-4811
pISSN - 1367-4803
DOI - 10.1093/bioinformatics/bth129
Subject(s) - rna , predictability , folding (dsp implementation) , computer science , computational biology , nucleic acid structure , nucleic acid secondary structure , function (biology) , algorithm , biological system , chemistry , biology , mathematics , biochemistry , gene , genetics , statistics , engineering , electrical engineering
There are various cases where the biological function of an RNA molecule involves a reversible change of conformation. paRNAss is a software approach to the prediction of such structural switching in RNA. It is based on three hypotheses about the secondary structure space of a switching RNA molecule that can be evaluated by RNA folding and structure comparison. In the positive case, the predicted structural switching must be verified experimentally.
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