A multi-objective imperialist competitive algorithm (MOICA) for finding motifs in DNA sequences

Motif discovery problem (MDP) is one of the well-known problems in biology which tries to find the transcription factor binding site (TFBS) in DNA sequences. In one aspect, there is not enough biological knowledge on motif sites and on the other side, the problem is NP-hard. Thus, there is not an ef...

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Main Authors: Saeed Alirezanejad Gohardani, Mehri Bagherian, Hamidreza Vaziri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AIMS Press 2019-02-01
Series:Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering
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Online Access:https://www.aimspress.com/article/doi/10.3934/mbe.2019075?viewType=HTML