Title :
Understanding MicroRNA Regulation: A computational perspective
Author :
Yue, Dong ; Meng, Jia ; Lu, Mingzhu ; Chen, C. L Philip ; Guo, Maozu ; Huang, Yufei
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng. at the, Univ. of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, USA
Abstract :
This paper aims to provide researchers with a computational background, a comprehensive discussion on the importance of miRNA (microRNA), the related high-throughput technology and databases, the current development of computational algorithms for elucidating miRNA regulatory functions, and the prospective directions on related topics. Some topics discussed were about miRNA target recognition, silencing, expression profiling, transfection experiments, target predictions, databases, microarray data, biochemical approaches, rule-based algorithms, data-driven algorithms, prediction algorithms, transcription factors, and other computational techniques.
Keywords :
DNA; biochemistry; biology computing; genetic algorithms; molecular biophysics; biochemical approaches; data-driven algorithms; databases; miRNA expression profiling; miRNA regulatory functions; miRNA silencing; miRNA target recognition; microRNA regulation; microarray data; prospective directions; rule-based algorithms; target predictions; transcription factors; transfection experiments; Biological cells; Cells (biology); DNA; Genetics; Genomics; Molecular biophysics; Proteomics; RNA;
Journal_Title :
Signal Processing Magazine, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MSP.2011.943013