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Contents of Volume 9 Suppl 12
Seventh International Conference on Bioinformatics (InCoB2008)
Proceedings
from Asia Pacific Bioinformatics Network (APBioNet) Seventh International Conference on Bioinformatics (InCoB2008)
Taipei, Taiwan. 20
23 October 2008
Edited by Shoba Ranganathan, Wen-Lian Hsu, Ueng-Cheng Yang and Tin Wee Tan
Introduction
Emerging strengths in Asia Pacific bioinformatics Shoba Ranganathan, Wen-Lian Hsu, Ueng-Cheng Yang, Tin Wee Tan BMC Bioinformatics 2008, 9 (Suppl 12):S1 (12 December 2008) [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Using a kernel density estimation based classifier to predict species-specific microRNA precursors Darby Tien-Hao Chang, Chih-Ching Wang, Jian-Wei Chen BMC Bioinformatics 2008, 9 (Suppl 12):S2 (12 December 2008) [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ] [Cited on BioMed Central ]
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Filtering of false positive microRNA candidates by a clustering-based approach Wing-Sze Leung, Marie CM Lin, David W Cheung, SM Yiu BMC Bioinformatics 2008, 9 (Suppl 12):S3 (12 December 2008) [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ] [Cited on BioMed Central ]
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MiRTif: a support vector machine-based microRNA target interaction filter Yuchen Yang, Yu-Ping Wang, Kuo-Bin Li BMC Bioinformatics 2008, 9 (Suppl 12):S4 (12 December 2008) [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ] [Cited on BioMed Central ]
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Finding microRNA regulatory modules in human genome using rule induction Dang Hung Tran, Kenji Satou, Tu Bao Ho BMC Bioinformatics 2008, 9 (Suppl 12):S5 (12 December 2008) [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ] [Cited on BioMed Central ]
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Predicting RNA-binding sites of proteins using support vector machines and evolutionary information Cheng-Wei Cheng, Emily Chia-Yu Su, Jenn-Kang Hwang, Ting-Yi Sung, Wen-Lian Hsu BMC Bioinformatics 2008, 9 (Suppl 12):S6 (12 December 2008) [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ] [Cited on BioMed Central ]
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Extracting transcription factor binding sites from unaligned gene sequences with statistical models Chung-Chin Lu, Wei-Hao Yuan, Te-Ming Chen BMC Bioinformatics 2008, 9 (Suppl 12):S7 (12 December 2008) [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ] [Cited on BioMed Central ]
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Fast splice site detection using information content and feature reduction AKMA Baten, SK Halgamuge, BCH Chang BMC Bioinformatics 2008, 9 (Suppl 12):S8 (12 December 2008) [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ] [Cited on BioMed Central ]
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VarDetect: a nucleotide sequence variation exploratory tool Chumpol Ngamphiw, Supasak Kulawonganunchai, Anunchai Assawamakin, Ekachai Jenwitheesuk, Sissades Tongsima BMC Bioinformatics 2008, 9 (Suppl 12):S9 (12 December 2008) [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ] [Cited on BioMed Central ]
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Functional analysis of novel SNPs and mutations in human and mouse genomes Chuan-Kun Liu, Yan-Hau Chen, Cheng-Yang Tang, Shu-Chuan Chang, Yi-Jung Lin, Ming-Fang Tsai, Yuan-Tsong Chen, Adam Yao BMC Bioinformatics 2008, 9 (Suppl 12):S10 (12 December 2008) [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ] [Cited on BioMed Central ]
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Ortholog-based protein-protein interaction prediction and its application to inter-species interactions Sheng-An Lee, Cheng-hsiung Chan, Chi-Hung Tsai, Jin-Mei Lai, Feng-Sheng Wang, Cheng-Yan Kao, Chi-Ying F Huang BMC Bioinformatics 2008, 9 (Suppl 12):S11 (12 December 2008) [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ] [Cited on BioMed Central ]
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Real value prediction of protein solvent accessibility using enhanced PSSM features Darby Tien-Hao Chang, Hsuan-Yu Huang, Yu-Tang Syu, Chih-Peng Wu BMC Bioinformatics 2008, 9 (Suppl 12):S12 (12 December 2008) [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ] [Cited on BioMed Central ]
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WSPMaker: a web tool for calculating selection pressure in proteins and domains using window-sliding Yong Seok Lee, Tae-Hyung Kim, Tae-Wook Kang, Won-Hyong Chung, Gwang-Sik Shin BMC Bioinformatics 2008, 9 (Suppl 12):S13 (12 December 2008) [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ] [Cited on BioMed Central ]
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Molecular docking studies of dithionitrobenzoic acid and its related compounds to protein disulfide isomerase: computational screening of inhibitors to HIV-1 entry Uthaman Gowthaman, Mannu Jayakanthan, Durai Sundar BMC Bioinformatics 2008, 9 (Suppl 12):S14 (12 December 2008) [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ] [Cited on BioMed Central ]
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Flanking signal and mature peptide residues influence signal peptide cleavage Khar Heng Choo, Shoba Ranganathan BMC Bioinformatics 2008, 9 (Suppl 12):S15 (12 December 2008) [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ] [Cited on BioMed Central ]
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Predicted mouse peroxisome-targeted proteins and their actual subcellular locations Yumi Mizuno, Igor V Kurochkin, Marlis Herberth, Yasushi Okazaki, Christian Sch nbach BMC Bioinformatics 2008, 9 (Suppl 12):S16 (12 December 2008) [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ] [Cited on BioMed Central ]
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Dynamic sensitivity analysis of biological systems Wu Hsiung Wu, Feng Sheng Wang, Maw Shang Chang BMC Bioinformatics 2008, 9 (Suppl 12):S17 (12 December 2008) [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ] [Cited on BioMed Central ]
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Semi-automatic conversion of BioProp semantic annotation to PASBio annotation Richard Tzong-Han Tsai, Hong-Jie Dai, Chi-Hsin Huang, Wen-Lian Hsu BMC Bioinformatics 2008, 9 (Suppl 12):S18 (12 December 2008) [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ] [Cited on BioMed Central ]
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An integrated database-pipeline system for studying single nucleotide polymorphisms and diseases Jin Ok Yang, Sohyun Hwang, Jeongsu Oh, Jong Bhak, Tae-Kwon Sohn BMC Bioinformatics 2008, 9 (Suppl 12):S19 (12 December 2008) [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ] [Cited on BioMed Central ]
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Ab-origin: an enhanced tool to identify the sourcing gene segments in germline for rearranged antibodies Xiaojing Wang, Di Wu, Siyuan Zheng, Jing Sun, Lin Tao, Yixue Li, Zhiwei Cao BMC Bioinformatics 2008, 9 (Suppl 12):S20 (12 December 2008) [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ] [Cited on BioMed Central ]
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