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 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 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 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 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 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 Dr. Muniba Faiza

Algorithm and workflow of miRDB

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

Tariq Abdullah Tariq Abdullah

miRBase: Explained

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

Dr. Muniba Faiza 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Dr. Muniba Faiza

SparkBLAST: Introduction

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

Dr. Muniba Faiza 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 Dr. Muniba Faiza