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. 2014 Jul 15;9(7):e100855. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0100855

Table 1. A List of Current miR Target Prediction Tools.

Prediction Tool Name Prediction Strategy Access Official Website
deepBase A database for annotating and discovering small and long ncRNAs (microRNAs, siRNAs, piRNAs…) from high-throughput deep sequencing data. Both http://deepbase.sysu.edu.cn/
DIANA-microT-CDS Thermodynamic modeling. Both http://diana.cslab.ece.ntua.gr/
DIANA-mirGen 2.0 A database of microRNA genomic information and regulation. Both http://diana.cslab.ece.ntua.gr/mirgen/
GenMiR++ Paired expression profiles of microRNAs and mRNAs; as well as Baynesian inference. Both http://www.psi.toronto.edu/genmir
mimiRNA Expression correlation. Both http://mimirna.centenary.org.au
mirBridge Complementary and target site conservation. Download http://mirbridge.org/
miRanda Complementary and target site conservation. Both http://www.microrna.org
miRBase A searchable database of published miRNA sequences and annotation. Both http://www.mirbase.org/
miRDB Microarray corrleation training; as well as Support Vector Machine. Both http://mirdb.org
miRecords Validated targets and algorithm integration. Both http://mirecords.biolead.org/doc.php
miRGator Expression correlation and algorithm integration. Online Search http://mirgator.kobic.re.kr/
miRGen Positional relationships target prediction integration. Both http://www.diana.pcbi.upenn.edu/miRGen.html
miRNA-Target Gene Prediction at EMBL Complementary and target site conservation. Online Search http://www.russell.embl.de/miRNAs
miRNAMap Genomic maps of microRNA genes and their target genes in mammalian genomes. Both http://mirnamap.mbc.nctu.edu.tw/
MicroInspector Algorithm integration. Online Search http://bioinfo1.uni-plovdiv.bg/cgi-bin/microinspector/
MiTarget Positional relationships thermodynamic modeling; as well as Support Vector Machine. Online Search http://cbit.snu.ac.kr/miTarget
PicTar Target site conservation and thermodynamic modeling. Both http://pictar.mdc-berlin.de/
PITA Incorporating the role of target site accessibility, as determined by base-pairing interactions within the mRNA, in microRNA target recognition. Both http://genie.weizmann.ac.il/
PMRD PMRD: Plant microRNA database. Both http://bioinformatics.cau.edu.cn/PMRD/
RepTar Searching for repeating 3′ UTR target sites. both http://reptar.ekmd.huji.ac.il/
RNA22 Identifying patterns in cDNAs and matching to miRs. Online search http://cbcsrv.watson.ibm.com/rna22.html
RNAhybrid Thermodynamics & statistical model. Both http://bibiserv.techfak.uni-bielefeld.de/rnahybrid
starBase Argonaute CLIP-Seq and degradome sequencing data. Both http://starbase.sysu.edu.cn/
TarBase Experimentally validated targets. Both http://diana.cslab.ece.ntua.gr/tarbase/
TargetScan Seed complementary and target site conservation. Both http://www.targetscan.org
ViTa Complementary of host microRNAs to viruses. Both http://vita.mbc.nctu.edu.tw/