In silico methods for predicting functional synonymous variants

BC Lin, U Katneni, KI Jankowska, D Meyer… - Genome Biology, 2023 - Springer
Single nucleotide variants (SNVs) contribute to human genomic diversity. Synonymous
SNVs are previously considered to be “silent,” but mounting evidence has revealed that …

The lncRNA toolkit: databases and in silico tools for lncRNA analysis

HR Pinkney, BM Wright, SD Diermeier - Non-coding RNA, 2020 - mdpi.com
Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are a rapidly expanding field of research, with many new
transcripts identified each year. However, only a small subset of lncRNAs has been …

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 …

Secondary structure prediction for RNA sequences including N6-methyladenosine

E Kierzek, X Zhang, RM Watson, SD Kennedy… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
There is increasing interest in the roles of covalently modified nucleotides in RNA. There has
been, however, an inability to account for modifications in secondary structure prediction …

DMfold: a novel method to predict RNA secondary structure with pseudoknots based on deep learning and improved base pair maximization principle

L Wang, Y Liu, X Zhong, H Liu, C Lu, C Li… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
While predicting the secondary structure of RNA is vital for researching its function,
determining RNA secondary structure is challenging, especially for that with pseudoknots …

RNA secondary structure packages evaluated and improved by high-throughput experiments

HK Wayment-Steele, W Kladwang, AI Strom, J Lee… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Despite the popularity of computer-aided study and design of RNA molecules, little is known
about the accuracy of commonly used structure modeling packages in tasks sensitive to …

Fitness functions for RNA structure design

M Ward, E Courtney, E Rivas - Nucleic Acids Research, 2023 - academic.oup.com
An RNA design algorithm takes a target RNA structure and finds a sequence that folds into
that structure. This is fundamentally important for engineering therapeutics using RNA …

Length-dependent deep learning model for RNA secondary structure prediction

K Mao, J Wang, Y Xiao - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Deep learning methods for RNA secondary structure prediction have shown higher
performance than traditional methods, but there is still much room to improve. It is known that …

Prediction of RNA secondary structure with pseudoknots using coupled deep neural networks

K Mao, J Wang, Y Xiao - Biophysics Reports, 2020 - Springer
Noncoding RNAs play important roles in cell and their secondary structures are vital for
understanding their tertiary structures and functions. Many prediction methods of RNA …

Mono-valent salt corrections for RNA secondary structures in the ViennaRNA package

HT Yao, R Lorenz, IL Hofacker, PF Stadler - Algorithms for Molecular …, 2023 - Springer
Background RNA features a highly negatively charged phosphate backbone that attracts a
cloud of counter-ions that reduce the electrostatic repulsion in a concentration dependent …