DeepMiRBP: a hybrid model for predicting microRNA-protein interactions based on transfer learning and cosine similarity.

Journal: BMC bioinformatics
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Interactions between microRNAs and RNA-binding proteins are crucial for microRNA-mediated gene regulation and sorting. Despite their significance, the molecular mechanisms governing these interactions remain underexplored, apart from sequence motifs identified on microRNAs. To date, only a limited number of microRNA-binding proteins have been confirmed, typically through labor-intensive experimental procedures. Advanced bioinformatics tools are urgently needed to facilitate this research.

Authors

  • Sasan Azizian
    School of Computing, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 1400 R St, Lincoln, NE, 68588-0115, USA.
  • Juan Cui
    Basic Medicine College, Nanyang Medical University, Nanyang 473061, China.