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Received April 26, 2005
Revised June 28, 2005
Accepted June 28, 2005

Article

A heuristic approach for detecting RNA H-type pseudoknots

Chun-Hsiang Huang 1, Chin Lung Lu 1*, and Hsien-Tai Chiu 1

1 Department of Biological Science and Technology, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan, ROC

* To whom correspondence should be addressed.
Chin Lung Lu, E-mail: cllu{at}mail.nctu.edu.tw


  Abstract

Motivation: RNA H-type pseudoknots are ubiquitous pseudoknots that are found in almost all classes of RNA and thought to play very important roles in a variety of biological processes. Detection of these RNA H-type pseudoknots can improve our understanding of RNA structures and their associated functions. However, the currently existing programs for detecting such RNA H-type pseudoknots are still time-consuming and sometimes even ineffective. Therefore, efficient and effective tools for detecting the RNA H-type pseudoknots are needed.

Results: In this paper, we have adopted a heuristic approach to develop a novel tool, called HPknotter, for efficiently and accurately detecting H-type pseudoknots in an RNA sequence. In addition, we have demonstrated the applicability and effectiveness of HPknotter by testing on some sequences with known H-type pseudoknots. Our approach can be easily extended and applied to other classes of more general pseudoknots.

Availability: The web server of our HPknotter is available for online analysis at http://bioalgorithm.life.nctu.edu.tw/HPKNOTTER/.


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