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De Novo Discovery of Structured ncRNA Motifs in Genomic Sequences

Walter L Ruzzo, Jan Gorodkin

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    Abstract

    De novo discovery of "motifs" capturing the commonalities among related noncoding ncRNA structured RNAs is among the most difficult problems in computational biology. This chapter outlines the challenges presented by this problem, together with some approaches towards solving them, with an emphasis on an approach based on the CMfinder CMfinder program as a case study. Applications to genomic screens for novel de novo structured ncRNA ncRNA s, including structured RNA elements in untranslated portions of protein-coding genes, are presented.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationRNA Sequence, Structure, and Function : Computational and Bioinformatic Methods
    EditorsJan Gorodkin, Walter L. Ruzzo
    Number of pages16
    Volume1097
    Publication date2014
    Pages303-18
    Chapter15
    ISBN (Print)978-1-62703-708-2
    ISBN (Electronic)978-1-62703-709-9
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2014
    SeriesMethods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.)
    ISSN1064-3745

    Keywords

    • Computational Biology
    • Genomics
    • Nucleic Acid Conformation
    • Nucleotide Motifs
    • RNA, Untranslated
    • Sequence Analysis, RNA

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