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. 2015 Jun 15;10(6):e0129002. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0129002

Table 1. Criteria used to screen putative miRNAs.

Criterion No. Content
1 Not contain the adaptor/acceptor in sequencing sequences.
2 Sequences length between 17–25 nt.
3 No-exceed 80% base A, or G, or C, or T.
4 Not match the mRNAs, rRNA and tRNA.
3 Minimal Free energy (dG in kCal/mol) ≤ -15.
5 Minimal folding free energy index (MEFI) ≥ 0.7 *.
6 Number of allowed errors in one bulge in stem ≤ 12.
7 Number of base pair in stem region ≥ 16.
8 Length of hairpin which the up and down stem plus terminal region ≥ 50 nt.
9 Length of terminal loop ≤ 350 base pair.
10 Number of allowed errors in one bulge in mature region ≤ 8.
11 Number of allowed biased errors in one bulge in mature region ≤ 4.
12 Number of allowed biased bulges in mature region ≤ 2.
13 Number of base pair (nt) in mature or mature* region ≥ 12.
14 Percentage of small RNA in stem region (pm) ≥ 80%.
15 Number of allowed errors in mature region ≤ 7.

*Combined with LC science screening criterion and the results of previous studies [27, 28, 3234].