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Nucleic Acid Sequence and Structure Databases

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Data Mining Techniques for the Life Sciences

Part of the book series: Methods in Molecular Biology ((MIMB,volume 609))

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This chapter gives an overview of the most commonly used biological databases of nucleic acid sequences and their structures. We cover general sequence databases, databases for specific DNA features, noncoding RNA sequences, and RNA secondary and tertiary structures.

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SW was supported by a GEN-AU mobility fellowship sponsored by the Bundesministeriums für Wissenschaft und Forschung.

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Washietl, S., Hofacker, I.L. (2010). Nucleic Acid Sequence and Structure Databases. In: Carugo, O., Eisenhaber, F. (eds) Data Mining Techniques for the Life Sciences. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 609. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60327-241-4_1

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