A practical guide to the art of RNA gene prediction

Irmtraud M Meyer

doi:10.1093/bib/bbm011

A practical guide to the art of RNA gene prediction

Brief Bioinform. 2007 Nov;8(6):396-414. doi: 10.1093/bib/bbm011. Epub 2007 May 4.

Author

Irmtraud M Meyer¹

Affiliation

¹ Bioinformatics Centre and Department of Computer Science, University of British Columbia, 2366 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1Z4. [email protected]

PMID: 17483123
DOI: 10.1093/bib/bbm011

Abstract

This review introduces the different strategies and computational methods that can be used in order to predict RNA genes. It discusses our current view of RNA genes as well as recent computational analyses of RNA genes and concludes with an outlook to future directions in algorithm development and data analyses.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Algorithms*
Base Sequence
Chromosome Mapping / methods*
Molecular Sequence Data
RNA, Untranslated / genetics*
Sequence Alignment / methods*
Sequence Analysis, RNA / methods*
Transcription, Genetic / genetics

Substances

RNA, Untranslated