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ArticlePloS one2014

MicroRNA-target binding structures mimic microRNA duplex structures in humans.

Xi Chen, Lu Shen, Hui-Hsien Chou

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Article in PloS one, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 authors.

Xi ChenDepartment of Genetics, Development and Cell Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America.
Lu ShenDepartment of Biostatistics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America.
Hui-Hsien ChouDepartment of Genetics, Development and Cell Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America ; Department of Computer Science, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Traditionally, researchers match a microRNA guide strand to mRNA sequences using sequence comparisons to predict its potential target genes. However, many of the predictions can be false positives due to limitations in sequence comparison alone. In this work, we consider the association of two related RNA structures that share a common guide strand: the microRNA duplex and the microRNA-target binding structure. We have analyzed thousands of such structure pairs and found many of them share high structural similarity. Therefore, we conclude that when predicting microRNA target genes, considering just the microRNA guide strand matches to gene sequences may not be sufficient--the microRNA duplex structure formed by the guide strand and its companion passenger strand must also be considered. We have developed software to translate RNA binding structure into encoded representations, and we have also created novel automatic comparison methods utilizing such encoded representations to determine RNA structure similarity. Our software and methods can be utilized in the other RNA secondary structure comparisons as well.

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SoftwareAnimalsBase PairingBase SequenceEvolution, MolecularHumansMicroRNAsMolecular Sequence DataNucleic Acid ConformationPhylogenyRNA, MessengerMicroRNAsRNA, Messenger

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PMID24551166
PMCPMC3923817

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