title: Introduction to special issue on RNA.
abstract: In this introduction to the special issue on RNA, we provide a brief overview of some of the novel and exciting biological discoveries concerning diverse roles played by RNA, and subsequently we give a rapid summary of some algorithmic aspects of RNA structure and alignment. Each of the contributions to this special issue is briefly described.
authors.affiliation: Biology Department, Courtesy Appointment in Computer Science Department, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467, USA. clote@bc.edu
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Clote
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D019295:Computational Biology; D012313:RNA / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D012313:RNA