Michal Ziv-Ukelson

Comparative Structural RNAomics (Pattern Matching on Strings ,

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Context Fold

Context Fold

• Applied machine learning algorithms over large datasets of solved structures

ACGCUGACGUAGUCAGUAGACGACAGACAGAUACGUCACCGCAGAUACGCAUAGUAGCAGUAGCAGAUGACGACGCUGACGUAGUCAGUAGACGACAGACAGAUACGUCACCGCAGAUACGCAUAGUAGCAGUAGCAGAUGACG…………………………………………………………………………………………

Genome SequenceQUERY

Are there any appearances of this structure in the genome?

RNA Structural Search 1(STRMS)

ACGCUGACGUAGUCAGUAGACGACAGACAGAUACGUCACCGCAGAUACGCAUAGUAGCAGUAGCAGAUGACGACGCUGACGUAGUCAGUAGACGACAGACAGAUACGUCACCGCAGAUACGCAUAGUAGCAGUAGCAGAUGACG…………………………………………………………………………………………

Genome Sequence millions of nucleotidesQUERY

Are there any appearances of sequences that fold similarly to

this sequence in the genome?

RNA Structural Search 2 (Stem Search)

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Stem Search

Results

Results

dashed arrows - validated targets

solid green arrows - new regulation patterns discovered in our module