RNA STRAND: the RNA secondary structure and statistical analysis database.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The ability to access, search and analyse secondary structures of a large set of known RNA molecules is very important for deriving improved RNA energy models, for evaluating computational predictions of RNA secondary structures and for a better understanding of RNA folding. Currently there is no database that can easily provide these capabilities for almost all RNA molecules with known secondary structures.

Results

In this paper we describe RNA STRAND - the RNA secondary STRucture and statistical ANalysis Database, a curated database containing known secondary structures of any type and organism. Our new database provides a wide collection of known RNA secondary structures drawn from public databases, searchable and downloadable in a common format. Comprehensive

SUBMITTER: Andronescu M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2536673 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature