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Background: RNA exhibits a variety of structural configurations. Here we consider a structure to be tantamount to the noncrossing Watson-Crick and \pairGU-base pairings (secondary structure) and additional cross-serial base pairs. These…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2010-03-11 James Z. M. Gao , Linda Y. M. Li , Christian M. Reidys

In this paper we consider the problem of RNA folding with pseudoknots. We use a graphical representation in which the secondary structures are described by planar diagrams. Pseudoknots are identified as non-planar diagrams. We analyze the…

Biomolecules · Quantitative Biology 2007-05-23 G. Vernizzi , H. Orland , A. Zee

The RNA inverse folding problem, a key challenge in RNA design, involves identifying nucleotide sequences that can fold into desired secondary structures, which are critical for ensuring molecular stability and function. The inherent…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-12-04 Guang Yang , Lei Fan

Dual graphs have been applied to model RNA secondary structures with pseudoknots, or intertwined base pairs. In previous works, a linear-time algorithm was introduced to partition dual graphs into maximally connected components called…

Biomolecules · Quantitative Biology 2021-09-09 Louis Petingi

An RNA sequence is a word over an alphabet on four elements $\{A,C,G,U\}$ called bases. RNA sequences fold into secondary structures where some bases match one another while others remain unpaired. Pseudoknot-free secondary structures can…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-03-28 Édouard Bonnet , Paweł Rzążewski , Florian Sikora

We consider the inverse-folding problem for RNA secondary structures: for a given (pseudo-knot-free) secondary structure find a sequence that has that structure as its ground state. If such a sequence exists, the structure is called…

Biological Physics · Physics 2015-06-26 Bernd Burghardt , Alexander K. Hartmann

In this paper we present a selfcontained analysis and description of the novel {\it ab initio} folding algorithm {\sf cross}, which generates the minimum free energy (mfe), 3-noncrossing, $\sigma$-canonical RNA structure. Here an RNA…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2008-09-30 Fenix W. D. Huang , Wade W. J. Peng , Christian M. Reidys

We present TT2NE, a new algorithm to predict RNA secondary structures with pseudoknots. The method is based on a classification of RNA structures according to their topological genus. TT2NE guarantees to find the minimum free energy…

Biomolecules · Quantitative Biology 2010-10-22 Michael Bon , Henri Orland

RNA molecules are known to form complex secondary structures including pseudoknots. A systematic framework for the enumeration, classification and prediction of secondary structures is critical to determine the biological significance of…

Biomolecules · Quantitative Biology 2025-12-24 Rayan Ibrahim , Allison H. Moore

The problem of RNA secondary structure design (also called inverse folding) is the following: given a target secondary structure, one aims to create a sequence that folds into, or is compatible with, a given structure. In several practical…

Quantitative Methods · Quantitative Biology 2013-08-02 Yu Zhou , Yann Ponty , Stéphane Vialette , Jérôme Waldispühl , Yi Zhang , Alain Denise

RNA design shows growing applications in synthetic biology and therapeutics, driven by the crucial role of RNA in various biological processes. A fundamental challenge is to find functional RNA sequences that satisfy given structural…

Biomolecules · Quantitative Biology 2024-04-18 Han Huang , Ziqian Lin , Dongchen He , Liang Hong , Yu Li

The growing significance of RNA engineering in diverse biological applications has spurred interest in developing AI methods for structure-based RNA design. While diffusion models have excelled in protein design, adapting them for RNA…

Biomolecules · Quantitative Biology 2024-06-11 Divya Nori , Wengong Jin

In this paper we derive the generating function of RNA structures with pseudoknots. We enumerate all $k$-noncrossing RNA pseudoknot structures categorized by their maximal sets of mutually intersecting arcs. In addition we enumerate…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2009-09-29 Emma Y. Jin , Jing Qin , Christian M. Reidys

Computational RNA design tasks are often posed as inverse problems, where sequences are designed based on adopting a single desired secondary structure without considering 3D conformational diversity. We introduce gRNAde, a geometric RNA…

Computational prediction of RNA structures is an important problem in computational structural biology. Studies of RNA structure formation often assume that the process starts from a fully synthesized sequence. Experimental evidence,…

Biomolecules · Quantitative Biology 2021-04-28 Vo Hong Thanh , Dani Korpela , Pekka Orponen

There exists many complicated $k$-noncrossing pseudoknot RNA structures in nature based on some special conditions. The special characteristic of RNA structures gives us great challenges in researching the enumeration, prediction and the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-11-23 Yangyang Zhao

RNA's diverse biological functions stem from its structural versatility, yet accurately predicting and designing RNA sequences given a 3D conformation (inverse folding) remains a challenge. Here, I introduce a deep learning framework that…

Quantitative Methods · Quantitative Biology 2026-01-06 Annabelle Yao

We propose a new topological characterization of RNA secondary structures with pseudoknots based on two topological invariants. Starting from the classic arc-representation of RNA secondary structures, we consider a model that couples both…

Biomolecules · Quantitative Biology 2016-10-19 Graziano Vernizzi , Henri Orland , A. Zee

Many computerized methods for RNA-RNA interaction structure prediction have been developed. Recently, $O(N^6)$ time and $O(N^4)$ space dynamic programming algorithms have become available that compute the partition function of RNA-RNA…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2010-07-15 Andrew X. Li , Manja Marz , Jing Qin , Christian M. Reidys

We describe a dynamic programming algorithm for predicting optimal RNA secondary structure, including pseudoknots. The algorithm has a worst case complexity of ${\cal O}(N^6)$ in time and ${\cal O}(N^4)$ in storage. The description of the…

Biological Physics · Physics 2009-09-25 Elena Rivas , Sean R. Eddy
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