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ArticleInternational journal of molecular sciences2026

Tree_RNA-Align: RNA Secondary Structure Clustering and Classification Based on Tree-Structure Alignment.

Zhijie He, Chengzhen Xu, Xiaomin Wu

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Article in International journal of molecular sciences, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Zhijie HeSchool of Computer Science and Technology, Huaibei Normal University, Huaibei 235000, China.
Chengzhen XuSchool of Computer Science and Technology, Huaibei Normal University, Huaibei 235000, China.
Xiaomin WuCollege of Life Sciences, Huaibei Normal University, Huaibei 235000, China.

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the Natural Science Foundation of the Anhui Provincial Department of Education 2024AH051683the Natural Science Foundation of the Anhui Provincial Department of Education 2025AHGXZK20131
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Abstract

Clustering and classification of RNA secondary structures are central to understanding RNA function. However, widely used alignment methods, such as LocARNA and bpRNA-align, are not explicitly designed to exploit the hierarchical relationships among RNA structural elements, limiting their applicability to complex, multi-branched structures. In this study, we introduce Tree_RNA-Align, a novel method for RNA secondary structure clustering and classification based on a tree-structure alignment algorithm. The method transforms dot-bracket structures into tree representations, in which multibranch loops and stems serve as nodes, thereby preserving the hierarchical relationships among structural elements. It integrates a bottom-up hierarchical comparison for clustering with a top-down comparison for classification and prediction. Notably, classification experiments on five RNA families (16S rRNA, group_I_intron, RNase P, SRP, and tmRNA) achieved a micro-averaged

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Computational BiologyNucleic Acid ConformationRNASequence AlignmentAlgorithmsCluster AnalysisClustering AlgorithmsSequence Analysis, RNARNAcluster analysisRNA classificationRNA secondary structureTree_RNA-Aligntree-structure alignment

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PMID42653331
PMCPMC13513144

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