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- Title
Fast evaluation of internal loops in RNA secondary structure prediction.
- Authors
Lyngsø, R B; Zuker, M; Pedersen, C N
- Abstract
Though not as abundant in known biological processes as proteins, RNA molecules serve as more than mere intermediaries between DNA and proteins. Research in the last 15 years demonstrates that RNA molecules serve in many roles, including catalysis. Furthermore, RNA secondary structure prediction based on free energy rules for stacking and loop formation remains one of the few major breakthroughs in the field of structure prediction, as minimum free energy structures and related quantities can be computed with full mathematical rigor. However, with the current energy parameters, the algorithms used hitherto suffer the disadvantage of either employing heuristics that risk (though highly unlikely) missing the optimal structure or becoming prohibitively time consuming for moderate to large sequences.
- Publication
Bioinformatics (Oxford, England), 1999, Vol 15, Issue 6, p440
- ISSN
1367-4803
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1093/bioinformatics/15.6.440