Shanghai Key Lab of Intelligent Information Processing, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
BMC Genomics. 2012 Jun 11;13 Suppl 3(Suppl 3):S3. doi: 10.1186/1471-2164-13-S3-S3.
BACKGROUND: MiRNA are about 22nt long small noncoding RNAs that post transcriptionally regulate gene expression in animals, plants and protozoa. Confident identification of MiRNA-Target Interactions (MTI) is vital to understand their function. Currently, several integrated computational programs and databases are available for animal miRNAs, the mechanisms of which are significantly different from plant miRNAs. METHODS: Here we present an integrated MTI prediction and analysis toolkit (imiRTP) for Arabidopsis thaliana. It features two important functions: (i) combination of several effective plant miRNA target prediction methods provides a sufficiently large MTI candidate set, and (ii) different filters allow for an efficient selection of potential targets. The modularity of imiRTP enables the prediction of high quality targets on genome-wide scale. Moreover, predicted MTIs can be presented in various ways, which allows for browsing through the putative target sites as well as conducting simple and advanced analyses. RESULTS: Results show that imiRTP could always find high quality candidates compared with single method by choosing appropriate filter and parameter. And we also reveal that a portion of plant miRNA could bind target genes out of coding region. Based on our results, imiRTP could facilitate the further study of Arabidopsis miRNAs in real use. All materials of imiRTP are freely available under a GNU license at (http://admis.fudan.edu.cn/projects/imiRTP.htm).
背景:miRNA 是约 22nt 长的小非编码 RNA,在动物、植物和原生动物中通过转录后调控基因表达。准确识别 miRNA-靶标相互作用(MTI)对于理解其功能至关重要。目前,已有几个用于动物 miRNA 的综合计算程序和数据库,其机制与植物 miRNA 有显著差异。
方法:本文为拟南芥(Arabidopsis thaliana)呈现了一个综合的 MTI 预测和分析工具包(imiRTP)。它具有两个重要功能:(i)结合几种有效的植物 miRNA 靶标预测方法提供了一个足够大的 MTI 候选集,(ii)不同的筛选器允许有效选择潜在的靶标。imiRTP 的模块化可在全基因组范围内预测高质量的靶标。此外,预测的 MTIs 可以以多种方式呈现,允许浏览假定的靶标位点,并进行简单和高级的分析。
结果:结果表明,通过选择适当的筛选器和参数,imiRTP 总是可以比单一方法找到高质量的候选者。我们还揭示了一部分植物 miRNA 可以结合编码区外的靶基因。基于我们的结果,imiRTP 可以在实际应用中促进对拟南芥 miRNA 的进一步研究。imiRTP 的所有材料都可以在 GNU 许可证下免费获得(http://admis.fudan.edu.cn/projects/imiRTP.htm)。
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