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ArticleBMC bioinformatics2020

RintC: fast and accuracy-aware decomposition of distributions of RNA secondary structures with extended logsumexp.

Hiroki Takizawa, Junichi Iwakiri, Kiyoshi Asai

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Article in BMC bioinformatics, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Hiroki TakizawaGraduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Chiba, Japan.
Junichi IwakiriGraduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Chiba, Japan.
Kiyoshi AsaiGraduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Chiba, Japan. asai@k.u-tokyo.ac.jp.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0909-4982

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Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology JPMJCR18S1Japan Society for the Promotion of Science JP16H02484Japan Society for the Promotion of Science JP16H06279Japan Society for the Promotion of Science JP16K16143
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Abstract

backgroundAnalysis of secondary structures is essential for understanding the functions of RNAs. Because RNA molecules thermally fluctuate, it is necessary to analyze the probability distributions of their secondary structures. Existing methods, however, are not applicable to long RNAs owing to their high computational complexity. Additionally, previous research has suffered from two numerical difficulties: overflow and significant numerical errors.

resultIn this research, we reduced the computational complexity of calculating the landscape of the probability distribution of secondary structures by introducing a maximum-span constraint. In addition, we resolved numerical computation problems through two techniques: extended logsumexp and accuracy-guaranteed numerical computation. We analyzed the stability of the secondary structures of 16S ribosomal RNAs at various temperatures without overflow. The results obtained are consistent with previous research on thermophilic bacteria, suggesting that our method is applicable in thermal stability analysis. Furthermore, we quantitatively assessed numerical stability using our method..

conclusionThese results demonstrate that the proposed method is applicable to long RNAs..

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AlgorithmsNucleic Acid ConformationSoftwareEscherichia coliProbabilityRNARNA, Ribosomal, 16STemperatureThermus thermophilusTime FactorsRNARNA, Ribosomal, 16SAccuracy-guaranteed numerical computationDynamic programmingInterval arithmeticRibosomal RNA.RNA secondary structure

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PMID32448174
PMCPMC7245837

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