Improving performance of mammalian microRNA target prediction

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are single-stranded non-coding RNAs known to regulate a wide range of cellular processes by silencing the gene expression at the protein and/or mRNA levels. Computational prediction of miRNA targets is essential fo...

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Main Authors: Chen Yidong, Yue Dong, Liu Hui, Gao Shou-Jiang, Huang Yufei
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-09-01
Series:BMC Bioinformatics
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2105/11/476