iM-Seeker:DNAi-motifsWeb

Haopeng Yu1, Fan Li2, Bibo Yang1

  • 1Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UH, UK.

Nucleic acids research
|April 27, 2024
PubMed
概括

一个名为iM-Seeker的新工具可以识别和评分DNAi-motifs,即具有生物作用的替代DNA结构. 这个平台通过预测这些重要的DNA构成来帮助基因组研究.

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