A Comprehensive Study of Target Prediction Algorithms for Animal MicroRNAs(miRNAs)
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Joyshree Nath and Asoke Nath. Article: A Comprehensive Study of Target Prediction Algorithms for Animal MicroRNAs(miRNAs). International Journal of Computer Applications 40(15):8-11, February 2012. Full text available. BibTeX
@article{key:article,
author = {Joyshree Nath and Asoke Nath},
title = {Article: A Comprehensive Study of Target Prediction Algorithms for Animal MicroRNAs(miRNAs)},
journal = {International Journal of Computer Applications},
year = {2012},
volume = {40},
number = {15},
pages = {8-11},
month = {February},
note = {Full text available}
}
Abstract
The discovery of microRNAs has been a path-breaking step in understanding the full scope of post-transcriptional gene regulation. The microRNAs (miRNAs) are highly conserved, non-coding short ribonucleic acid (RNA) molecules, approximately 22 nucleotides long[6] and are found in all eukaryotic cells, except fungi and marine plants. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) post-transcriptionally regulate the expression of target genes by binding to complementary sequences on target messenger RNA transcripts, usually resulting in translational repression and thus inhibition of the expression of target mRNAs. Complete complementarity between miRNA:mRNA pairs is rare in mammals, but as little as a 6?bp match with the target mRNA can be sufficient to suppress the gene expression[8]. MicroRNAs, which were initially determined as moderate biological modifiers, have now emerged as powerful regulators of diverse cellular processes with important roles in tissue remodeling[9]. It throws light into the causes of diseases like lymphoma, leukemia, cancers and many cardiac problems where miRNA:mRNA pairing is found to play crucial roles[5]. Many computational methods are being developed to identify the relationship between the animal miRNAs and their target mRNAs. Here we study two of those recent methods to identify the target mRNAs of existing animal miRNAs.
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