RNA Bioinformatics: Tools, Resources, and Databases for RNA Research
A special issue of Biomolecules (ISSN 2218-273X). This special issue belongs to the section "Bioinformatics and Systems Biology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2022) | Viewed by 5613
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
RNA research has become a more popular direction in molecular biology. Recently, many new RNA biotypes and functions have been discovered, and new experimental protocols for RNA research have been developed. The analysis of new data and prediction of the function of different RNAs require bioinformatic support. This issue aims to collect bioinformatic tools and resources for RNA analysis.
This Special Issue aims to publish articles in the following areas: tools for predicting RNA structures, including those with pseudoknots, as well as approaches based on comparative and evolutionary analysis; tools and resources for analyzing experimental data on RNA structure; search and analysis of RNA motives; analysis of 3D structures of 3D RNA motifs; methods for the analysis of RNA interactions. It is also expected to publish articles on RNA databases, particularly databases on 3D motives of RNA structures and RNA interactomes. Review articles and articles devoted to the comparative analysis and benchmarking of RNA analysis tools are of particular interest.
Prof. Dr. Andrey Mironov
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- RNA structure prediction
- RNA 3D structure analysis
- RNA folding
- RNA motifs prediction and search
- RNA function analysis
- RNA interactions
- machine learning in RNA analysis
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