This article appears in the following Briefings in Functional Genomics and Proteomics issue: Special Issue: Non-Coding RNAs [View the issue table of contents]
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The use of covariance models to annotate RNAs in whole genomes
Corresponding author. Paul P. Gardner, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton CB10 1SA, UK. Tel: +44 (0) 1223 494726; Fax: +44 (0) 1223 494 010; E-mail: pg5{at}sanger.ac.uk
In this review we discuss bioinformatic issues in non-coding RNA analysis, in particular the annotation of genome sequences using covariance models. Some recent innovations for improving the speed and accuracy of covariance models is discussed.
Keywords: ncRNA, Rfam, Covariance Models