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Structurexplor: a platform for the exploration of structural features of RNA secondary structures
Jean-Pierre Séhi Glouzon1,2, Jean-Pierre Perreault2, Shengrui Wang1
1Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Science, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, J1K 2R1 Canada.
Summary:
Discovering function-related structural features, such as the cloverleaf shape of transfer RNA secondary structures, is essential to understand RNA function. With this aim, we have developed a platform, named Structurexplor, to facilitate the exploration of structural features in populations of RNA secondary structures. It has been designed and developed to help biologists interactively search for, evaluate and select interesting structural features that can potentially explain RNA functions.
Availability And Implementation:
Structurxplor is a web application available at http://structurexplor.dinf.usherbrooke.ca. The source code can be found at http://jpsglouzon.github.io/structurexplor/.
Contact:
shengrui.wang@usherbrooke.ca.
Supplementary Information:
Supplementary data are available at Bioinformatics online.
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