In this paper, we introduce a novel objective function for the hierarchical clustering of data from distance matrices, a very relevant task in Bioinformatics. To test the robustnes...
Pritha Mahata, Wagner Costa, Carlos Cotta, Pablo M...
Background: Several high-throughput searches for ppotential natural antisense transcripts (NATs) have been performed recently, but most of the reports were focused on cis type. A ...
Yuan-Yuan Li, Lei Qin, Zong-Ming Guo, Lei Liu, Hao...
Background: Expressed sequence tag (EST) analyses provide a rapid and economical means to identify candidate genes that may be involved in a particular biological process. These E...
Mariano Latorre, Herman Silva, Juan Saba, Carito G...
Background: MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are endogenous small RNAs that play a key role in post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression in animals and plants. The number of known miRN...
Anders Jacobsen, Anders Krogh, Sakari Kauppinen, M...
Background: Sequence comparison is one of the most prominent tools in biological research, and is instrumental in studying gene function and evolution. The rapid development of hi...
Tomer Shlomi, Daniel Segal, Eytan Ruppin, Roded Sh...