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8.4 Filters Results<br />

Bayesian methods are based on prior probability <strong>of</strong> an observation and<br />

are updated as new data keeps entering. This model assumes a phyloge-<br />

netic relationship among several species.<br />

6. miRBase [179] uses the miRanda algorithm to identify potential binding<br />

sites <strong>of</strong> a microRNA. Dynamic programming alignment is used to identify<br />

highly complementary sites that also require strict complementarity at<br />

the 5' seed region and thermodynamic stability, which is estimated for<br />

each target site. For inclusion in the database, conservation <strong>of</strong> the target<br />

site at the exact same position in at least two species is needed.<br />

7. PITA [224] takes into consideration the strength <strong>of</strong> microRNA repression<br />

given target site accessibility and for each target site, an energy-based<br />

measure representing the difference between the free energy gained by<br />

the binding <strong>of</strong> the microRNA to the target, and the free energy lost<br />

by un-pairing the nucleotides within the target site, is calculated. The<br />

energy used to un-pair additional nucleotides flanking the target sites is<br />

also taken into account.<br />

Table 8.1: microRNA target prediction algorithms used by GenemiR with number<br />

<strong>of</strong> microRNA:3'UTR interactions predicted. The original target identifiers refer to<br />

the identifiers used by a prediction algorithm to identify the targeted genes. The<br />

final target identifiers refer to the identifiers that are returned by any query <strong>of</strong> any<br />

prediction algorithm database.<br />

Prediction algorithm Number<br />

microRNAs<br />

Number <strong>of</strong><br />

targets<br />

Original target<br />

identifiers<br />

Final target<br />

identifiers<br />

PITA 678 22,974 RefSeq HGNC/MGI<br />

PicTar 5-way 178 9,334 RefSeq HGNC/MGI<br />

PicTar 6-way 130 3,585 RefSeq HGNC/MGI<br />

DIANA-microT 555 18,986 ENSG/ENSMUSG HGNC/MGI<br />

Elmmo 1206 31,303 RefSeq,EMBL HGNC/MGI<br />

Miranda 1100 32,641 EMBL HGNC/MGI<br />

Microcosm 694 34,507 ENST/ENSMUST HGNC/MGI<br />

TargetscanS 967 17,725 HGNC/MGI HGNC/MGI<br />

8.4 Filters<br />

Critical to the successful outcome <strong>of</strong> user queries is the appropriate use <strong>of</strong> the<br />

built-in filtering functions. The purpose <strong>of</strong> the filter auxiliary functions (Fig<br />

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