Algorithms

A collection of articles based on algorithm development in bioinformatics.

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MOCCA- A New Suite to Model cis- regulatory Elements for Motif Occurrence Combinatorics

cis-regulatory elements are DNA sequence segments that regulate gene expression. cis-regulatory elements…

Tariq Abdullah

vs_Analysis.py: A Python Script to Analyze Virtual Screening Results of Autodock Vina

The output files obtained as a result of virtual screening (VS) using…

Dr. Muniba Faiza

How to search motif pattern in FASTA sequences using Perl hash?

Here is a simple Perl script to search for motif patterns in…

Dr. Muniba Faiza

How to read fasta sequences from a file using PHP?

Here is a simple function in PHP to read fasta sequences from…

Tariq Abdullah

How to read fasta sequences as hash using perl?

This is a simple Perl script to read a multifasta file as a…

Tariq Abdullah

BETSY: A new backward-chaining expert system for automated development of pipelines in Bioinformatics

Bioinformatics analyses have become long and difficult as it involves a large…

Dr. Muniba Faiza

Algorithm and workflow of miRDB

As mentioned in the previous article, Micro RNAs (miRNAs) are the short endogenous…

Tariq Abdullah

miRBase: Explained

Micro RNAs (miRNAs) are the short endogenous RNAs (~22 nucleotides) and originate…

Dr. Muniba Faiza

Prediction of biochemical reactions catalyzed by enzymes in humans

There are many biological important enzymes which exist in the human body,…

Dr. Muniba Faiza

A new high-level Python interface for MD simulation using GROMACS

The roots of the molecular simulation application can be traced back to…

Tariq Abdullah

Machine learning in prediction of ageing-related genes/proteins

Ageing has a great impact on human health, when people's age advance…

Dr. Muniba Faiza

Simulated sequence alignment software: An alternative to MSA benchmarks

In our previous article, we discussed different multiple sequence alignment (MSA) benchmarks…

Dr. Muniba Faiza

Benchmark databases for multiple sequence alignment: An overview

Multiple sequence alignment (MSA) is a very crucial step in most of…

Dr. Muniba Faiza

ab-initio prediction of protein structure: An introduction

We have heard a lot about the ab-initio term in Bioinformatics, which…

Dr. Muniba Faiza

Intrinsically disordered proteins’ predictors and databases: An overview

Intrinsically unstructured proteins (IUPs) are the natively unfolded proteins which must be…

Tariq Abdullah

An introduction to the predictors of pathogenic point mutations

Single nucleotide variation is a change in a single nucleotide in a…

Dr. Muniba Faiza

SparkBLAST: Introduction

The basic local alignment search tool (BLAST) is known for its speed…

Dr. Muniba Faiza

Bioinformatics Challenges and Advances in RNA interference

    RNA interference is a post-transcriptional gene regulatory mechanism to down-regulate…

Systems pharmacology and drug development

Systems pharmacology is an emerging area in the field of medicinal chemistry…

Dr. Muniba Faiza