Prediction of Function in DNA Sequence

ABSTRACT Recognition of function of newly sequenced DNA fragments is an important area of computational molecular biology. Here we present an extensive review of methods for prediction of functional sites, tRNA, and protein-coding genes and discuss possible further directions of research in this area. Key words: DNA sequence analysis; functional sites; genes; protein-coding regions; exons; introns; prediction; tRNA

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