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ArticlePloS one2014

RNAthermsw: direct temperature simulations for predicting the location of RNA thermometers.

Alexander Churkin, Assaf Avihoo, Michal Shapira, Danny Barash

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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 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Alexander ChurkinDepartment of Computer Science, Ben-Gurion University, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
Assaf AvihooMicrosoft Research Israel, Herzliya, Israel.
Michal ShapiraDepartment of Life Sciences, Ben-Gurion University, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
Danny BarashDepartment of Computer Science, Ben-Gurion University, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev · ILMicrosoft (Israel) · IL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The mechanism of RNA thermometers is a subject of growing interest. Also known as RNA thermosensors, these temperature-sensitive segments of the mRNA regulate gene expression by changing their secondary structure in response to temperature fluctuations. The detection of RNA thermometers in various genes of interest is valuable as it could lead to the discovery of new thermometers participating in fundamental processes such as preferential translation during heat-shock. RNAthermsw is a user-friendly webserver for predicting the location of RNA thermometers using direct temperature simulations. It operates by analyzing dotted figures generated as a result of a moving window that performs successive energy minimization folding predictions. Inputs include the RNA sequence, window size, and desired temperature change. RNAthermsw can be freely accessed at http://www.cs.bgu.ac.il/~rnathemsw/RNAthemsw/ (with the slash sign at the end). The website contains a help page with explanations regarding the exact usage.

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Computer SimulationSoftwareTemperatureThermometersAnimalsDrosophila melanogasterDrosophila ProteinsEscherichia coliEscherichia coli ProteinsHeat-Shock ProteinsHeat-Shock ResponseHSP110 Heat-Shock ProteinsHSP70 Heat-Shock ProteinsHumansNucleic Acid ConformationRNADrosophila ProteinsEscherichia coli ProteinsHeat-Shock ProteinsHSP110 Heat-Shock ProteinsHsp70Aa protein, DrosophilaHSP70 Heat-Shock ProteinsHSPA4 protein, humanIbpA protein, E coliRNA

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PMID24718440
PMCPMC3981793
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