Table 1.
Summary of existing methods for predicting antiviral peptides.
| Method | Classifier a | Sequence Feature b | Stand-Alone Program | Webserver |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AVPpred [41] | SVM | AAindex | − | ✓ |
| Chang et al.’s method [42] | RF | AAC, aggregation | − | − |
| AntiVPP 1.0 [44] | RF | PCP | ✓ | − |
| Meta-iAVP (This study) | Meta-predictor | AAC, Am-PseAAC | − | ✓ |
a RF: Random forest and SVM: Support vector machine. b AAC: Amino acid composition, AAindex: Amino Acid index database, aggregation: Aggregation propensity, Am-PseAAC: Amphiphilic pseudo amino acid composition, and PCP: Physicochemical properties.