VPB 321: Animal Biotechnology (2+1)

miRNA PREDICTION

• miRNA (micro RNA) emerged as a new gene regulatory element and gained more space in research. 20 -23 base pair RNA which regulates a gene or genes. So many methods and softwares have been developed to predicting this tiny RNAs. But still they are not precise in predicting. It means that we need some more information from experimental labs to predict.
• miRNA binds to the gene and regulates the gene. Most of the time it down regulate the gene expression. Predicting the miRNA target is also a very important problem in Bioinformatics.