Evolutionary conservation of RNA sequence and structure

E Rivas - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: RNA, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
An RNA structure prediction from a single‐sequence RNA folding program is not evidence
for an RNA whose structure is important for function. Random sequences have plausible …

[HTML][HTML] Predicting RNA secondary structures from sequence and probing data

R Lorenz, MT Wolfinger, A Tanzer, IL Hofacker - Methods, 2016 - Elsevier
RNA secondary structures have proven essential for understanding the regulatory functions
performed by RNA such as microRNAs, bacterial small RNAs, or riboswitches. This success …

Deep learning models for RNA secondary structure prediction (probably) do not generalize across families

M Szikszai, M Wise, A Datta, M Ward… - …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Motivation The secondary structure of RNA is of importance to its function. Over the last few
years, several papers attempted to use machine learning to improve de novo RNA …

RNA structure prediction using positive and negative evolutionary information

E Rivas - PLoS computational biology, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Knowing the structure of conserved structural RNAs is important to elucidate their function
and mechanism of action. However, predicting a conserved RNA structure remains …

Modeling RNA secondary structure folding ensembles using SHAPE mapping data

A Spasic, SM Assmann, PC Bevilacqua… - Nucleic acids …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
RNA secondary structure prediction is widely used for developing hypotheses about the
structures of RNA sequences, and structure can provide insight about RNA function. The …

Computational analysis of conserved RNA secondary structure in transcriptomes and genomes

SR Eddy - Annual review of biophysics, 2014 - annualreviews.org
Transcriptomics experiments and computational predictions both enable systematic
discovery of new functional RNAs. However, many putative noncoding transcripts arise …

RNA folding with hard and soft constraints

R Lorenz, IL Hofacker, PF Stadler - Algorithms for Molecular Biology, 2016 - Springer
Background A large class of RNA secondary structure prediction programs uses an
elaborate energy model grounded in extensive thermodynamic measurements and exact …

Improved prediction of RNA secondary structure by integrating the free energy model with restraints derived from experimental probing data

Y Wu, B Shi, X Ding, T Liu, X Hu, KY Yip… - Nucleic acids …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Recently, several experimental techniques have emerged for probing RNA structures based
on high-throughput sequencing. However, most secondary structure prediction tools that …

A functional riboSNitch in the 3′ untranslated region of FKBP5 alters microRNA-320a binding efficiency and mediates vulnerability to chronic post-traumatic pain

SD Linnstaedt, KD Riker, CA Rueckeis… - Journal of …, 2018 - Soc Neuroscience
Previous studies have shown that common variants of the gene coding for FK506-binding
protein 51 (FKBP5), a critical regulator of glucocorticoid sensitivity, affect vulnerability to …

Using SHAPE-MaP to model RNA secondary structure and identify 3′ UTR variation in Chikungunya virus

EA Madden, KS Plante, CR Morrison… - Journal of …, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is a mosquito-borne alphavirus associated with debilitating
arthralgia in humans. RNA secondary structure in the viral genome plays an important role …