Practical Computer Science - Bielefeld University

We shortly review the manifold biological funtions of RNA, and the prinicples of its secondary and tertiary structure. In three subsequent chapters of the lecture, we study single sequence structure prediction methods (both classical and recent), structure conmparison methods, and comparative structure prediction methods. In all cases, we will explain the underlying mathematical models, add a certain amount of algorithmic detail, and review some state of the art tools based on these methods.