TargetScan(S) |
Database of microRNA targets conserved in 5 vertebrates. |
[7,19] |
http://genes.mit.edu/tscan/targetscanS2005.html |
miRanda |
Optimizes sequence complementarity based on position-specific rules and interspecies conservation. |
[23,32,39] |
http://www.microrna.org |
RNA-hybrid |
Determines the most favourable hybridization site between two sequences. |
[8,40] |
http://bibiserv.techfak.uni-bielefeld.de/rnahybrid |
PicTar (including doRiNA) |
Provides details about 3′ UTR alignments with predicted sites, and links to various public databases. |
[13–17] |
http://pictar.mdc-berlin.de |
TargetBoost |
Learns the hidden rules of miRNA-target site hybridization based on machine learning. |
[31] |
http://www.interagon.com/demo |
PITA |
Investigates the role of target-site accessibility, as determined by base-pairing interactions within the mRNA. |
[11] |
http://genie.weizmann.ac.il/pubs/mir07/index.html |
ElMMo |
Infers miRNA targets using evolutionary conservation and pathway analysis. |
[22] |
http://www.mirz.unibas.ch/ElMMo2/ |
Singh’s |
Predicts and characterizes 45 miRNAs by genome-wide homology search against all the reported miRNAs. |
[41] |
http://www.cdfd.org.in/lmg/PDF/imb816.pdf |
mirWIP |
Employs structural accessibility of target sequences, the total free energy of microRNA:target hybridization, and the topology of base-pairing to the 5 seed region of the microRNA. |
[29] |
http://ambroslab.org |
microCOSM Targets |
Web resource containing computationally predicted targets for microRNAs across many species. |
[33] |
http://www.ebi.ac.uk/enright-srv/microcosm/htdocs/targets/v5/ |
DIANA-microT 3.0 |
Individually calculate several parameters for each microRNA and combines conserved and non-conserved microRNA recognition elements into a final prediction score. |
[27,34] |
http://www.microrna.gr/microT |
starBase |
Database with intersections among targets by five predictive softwares. |
[36] |
http://starbase.sysu.edu.cn/clipSeqIntersection.php |
InMiR |
Uses a linear-Gaussian model, and provides a dataset of 1,935 predicted mRNA targets for 22 intronic miRNAs. |
[12] |
http://www.plosone.org |
miRTar |
Identifies the biological functions and regulatory relationships between a group of known/putative miRNAs and protein coding genes. |
[38] |
http://mirtar.mbc.nctu.edu.tw/human/ |