Prediction of protein and nucleic acid interactions

The purpose of my doctoral studies has been the development of bioinformatics methods to quantitatively evaluate associations between proteins and nucleic acids (NAs). This thesis aims at providing insights into molecular features and still relatively unknown mechanisms of protein-NAs associations,...

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Autor: Cirillo, Davide
Tipo de recurso: tesis doctoral
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:España
Institución:CBUC, CESCA
Repositorio:TDR. Tesis Doctorales en Red
OAI Identifier:oai:www.tdx.cat:10803/403537
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10803/403537
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:DNA-binding proteins
RNA-binding proteins
Neurodegenerative diseases
Protein-protein interacion networks
Interacciones entre proteínas y ácidos nucleicos
Proteínas que se unen a ADN
Proteínas que se unen a ARN
Enfermedades neurodegenerativas
Red de interacción proteína-proteína
Protein-nucleic acid interactions
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Sumario:The purpose of my doctoral studies has been the development of bioinformatics methods to quantitatively evaluate associations between proteins and nucleic acids (NAs). This thesis aims at providing insights into molecular features and still relatively unknown mechanisms of protein-NAs associations, such as RNA-binding proteins and long noncoding RNAs as well as transcription factors and regulatory DNA elements. In this work, I present two algorithms, catRAPID omics express and PAnDA, for the prediction of RNA- and DNA-protein interaction respectively. Those computational methods offer the possibility to address experimental problems and guide new approaches largely facilitating experimental design and procedures