ncRNAtools

ncRNAtools provides a set of basic tools for handling and analyzing non-coding RNAs, including accessing the RNAcentral database, predicting and visualizing secondary structures, and reading, writing and interconverting file formats for representing such secondary structures.

Key Features:

• RNAcentral database access: Tools enable querying and retrieving data from the RNAcentral database of non-coding RNAs.
• Secondary structure prediction: Tools predict the secondary structure of non-coding RNAs.
• Secondary structure visualization: Tools visualize the predicted secondary structures of non-coding RNAs.
• File format interconversion: Tools read, write and interconvert the file formats most commonly used for representing RNA secondary structures.

Scientific Applications:

• Non-coding RNA analysis: Supports handling and analysis of non-coding RNAs through integrated database access and structure prediction.
• RNA secondary structure representation: Facilitates working with multiple standard file formats for RNA secondary structure data.

Methodology:

The package provides computational tools for database access, structure prediction, visualization, and file format manipulation; specific algorithmic details are not stated in the sources.