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BioCommons: a robust java library for RNA structural bioinformatics.

ABSTRACT:

Motivation

Biomolecular structures come in multiple representations and diverse data formats. Their incompatibility with the requirements of data analysis programs significantly hinders the analytics and the creation of new structure-oriented bioinformatic tools. Therefore, the need for robust libraries of data processing functions is still growing.

Results

BioCommons is an open-source, Java library for structural bioinformatics. It contains many functions working with the 2D and 3D structures of biomolecules, with a particular emphasis on RNA.

Availability and implementation

The library is available in Maven Central Repository and its source code is hosted on GitHub: https://github.com/tzok/BioCommons.

Supplementary information

Supplementary data are available at Bioinformatics online.

SUBMITTER: Zok T

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8428578 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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BioCommons: a robust java library for RNA structural bioinformatics.

Zok Tomasz T

Bioinformatics (Oxford, England) 20210901 17

<h4>Motivation</h4>Biomolecular structures come in multiple representations and diverse data formats. Their incompatibility with the requirements of data analysis programs significantly hinders the analytics and the creation of new structure-oriented bioinformatic tools. Therefore, the need for robust libraries of data processing functions is still growing.<h4>Results</h4>BioCommons is an open-source, Java library for structural bioinformatics. It contains many functions working with the 2D and ...[more]

PMID: 33532837

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Dataset Information

BioCommons: a robust java library for RNA structural bioinformatics.

Motivation

Results

Availability and implementation

Supplementary information

Publications

BioCommons: a robust java library for RNA structural bioinformatics.

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