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Tools4miRs – one place to gather all the tools for miRNA analysis

Lukasik, Anna and Wójcikowski, Maciej and Zielenkiewicz, Piotr (2016) Tools4miRs – one place to gather all the tools for miRNA analysis. Bioinformatics, 32 (17). pp. 2722-2724.

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Abstract

MiRNAs are short, non-coding molecules that negatively regulate gene expression and thereby play several important roles in living organisms. Dozens of computational methods for miRNA-related research have been developed, which greatly differ in various aspects. The substantial availability of difficult-to-compare approaches makes it challenging for the user to select a proper tool and prompts the need for a solution that will collect and categorize all the methods. Here, we present tools4miRs, the first platform that gathers currently more than 160 methods for broadly defined miRNA analysis. The collected tools are classified into several general and more detailed categories in which the users can additionally filter the available methods according to their specific research needs, capabilities and preferences. Tools4miRs is also a web-based target prediction meta-server that incorporates user-designated target prediction methods into the analysis of user-provided data.

Item Type:Article
Subjects:Q Science > Q Science (General)
Divisions:Department of Bioinformatics
ID Code:1207
Deposited By: Anna Łukasik
Deposited On:13 Oct 2016 10:05
Last Modified:21 Oct 2016 12:03

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