TRAVeLer: a tool for template-based RNA secondary structure visualization.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Visualization of RNA secondary structures is a complex task, and, especially in the case of large RNA structures where the expected layout is largely habitual, the existing visualization tools often fail to produce suitable visualizations. This led us to the idea to use existing layouts as templates for the visualization of new RNAs similarly to how templates are used in homology-based structure prediction.

Results

This article introduces Traveler, a software tool enabling visualization of a target RNA secondary structure using an existing layout of a sufficiently similar RNA structure as a template. Traveler is based on an algorithm which converts the target and template structures into corresponding tree representations and utilizes tree edit distance coupled wi

SUBMITTER: Elias R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5688744 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature