title: miRAFinder and GeneAFinder scripts: large-scale searching for miRNA and related information in indexed literature abstracts.
abstract: In recent times, information on miRNAs and their binding sites is gaining momentum. Therefore, there is interest in the development of tools extracting miRNA related information from known literature. Hence, we describe GeneAFinder and miRAFinder scripts (open source) developed using python programming for the semi-automatic extraction and arrangement of updated information on miRNAs, genes and additional data from published article abstracts in PubMed. The scripts are suitable for custom modification as per requirement.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  miRAFinder and GeneAFinder scripts are free and available for download at http://sites.google.com /site/malaheenee/software.
authors.affiliation: National nanotechnology laboratory, al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty, Kazakhstan.
authors.forename: Olga
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Berillo
authors.affiliation: INRIA/LIX team AMIB, École Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France.
authors.forename: Mireille
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Régnier
authors.affiliation: National nanotechnology laboratory, al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty, Kazakhstan.
authors.forename: Anatoly
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ivashchenko
keywords: gene information; miRNA information; python script; semi-automatic extraction