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ArticleBMC bioinformatics2019

An algebraic language for RNA pseudoknots comparison.

Michela Quadrini, Luca Tesei, Emanuela Merelli

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Article in BMC bioinformatics, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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Michela QuadriniSchool of Science and Technology, University of Camerino, Via Madonna della Carceri 9, Camerino, 62032, Italy.
Luca TeseiSchool of Science and Technology, University of Camerino, Via Madonna della Carceri 9, Camerino, 62032, Italy.
Emanuela MerelliSchool of Science and Technology, University of Camerino, Via Madonna della Carceri 9, Camerino, 62032, Italy. emanuela.merelli@unicam.it.

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Abstract

backgroundRNA secondary structure comparison is a fundamental task for several studies, among which are RNA structure prediction and evolution. The comparison can currently be done efficiently only for pseudoknot-free structures due to their inherent tree representation.

resultsIn this work, we introduce an algebraic language to represent RNA secondary structures with arbitrary pseudoknots. Each structure is associated with a unique algebraic RNA tree that is derived from a tree grammar having concatenation, nesting and crossing as operators. From an algebraic RNA tree, an abstraction is defined in which the primary structure is neglected. The resulting structural RNA tree allows us to define a new measure of similarity calculated exploiting classical tree alignment.

conclusionsThe tree grammar with its operators permit to uniquely represent any RNA secondary structure as a tree. Structural RNA trees allow us to perform comparison of RNA secondary structures with arbitrary pseudoknots without taking into account the primary structure.

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AlgorithmsNucleic Acid ConformationBase SequenceRNASequence AlignmentRNAAlgebraic RNA treeASPRA distanceStructural RNA treeTree alignmentTree grammar

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