Background: Illumina’s Infinium SNP BeadChips are extensively used in both small and large-scale genetic studies. A fundamental step in any analysis is the processing of raw all...
Matthew E. Ritchie, Ruijie Liu, Benilton Carvalho,...
Hash tables are one of the most fundamental data structures in computer science, in both theory and practice. They are especially useful in external memory, where their query perf...
Background: The study of microRNAs (miRNAs) is attracting great considerations. Recent studies revealed that miRNAs play as important regulators of gene expression and some even a...
Feng Tian, Huayue Zhang, Xinyu Zhang, Chi Song, Yo...
Background: Human genetic variations primarily result from single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) that occur approximately every 1000 bases in the overall human population. The no...
Jian Tian, Ningfeng Wu, Xuexia Guo, Jun Guo, Juhua...
Background: The p53 gene family consists of the three genes p53, p63 and p73, which have polyhedral non-overlapping functions in pivotal cellular processes such as DNA synthesis a...