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Using domination to analyze RNA structures

Posted on:2006-02-17Degree:M.SType:Thesis
University:East Tennessee State UniversityCandidate:Coake, Travis RevesFull Text:PDF
GTID:2450390005494816Subject:Mathematics
Abstract/Summary:
Understanding RNA molecules is important to genomics research. Recently researchers at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences used graph theory to model RNA molecules and provided a database of trees representing possible secondary RNA structures. In this thesis we use domination parameters to predict which trees are more likely to exist in nature as RNA structures. This approach appears to have promise in graph theory applications in genomics research.
Keywords/Search Tags:RNA structures, RNA molecules, Genomics research, Graph theory
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