title: TAPIR, a web server for the prediction of plant microRNA targets, including target mimics.
abstract: We present a new web server called TAPIR, designed for the prediction of plant microRNA targets. The server offers the possibility to search for plant miRNA targets using a fast and a precise algorithm. The precise option is much slower but guarantees to find less perfectly paired miRNA-target duplexes. Furthermore, the precise option allows the prediction of target mimics, which are characterized by a miRNA-target duplex having a large loop, making them undetectable by traditional tools.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  The TAPIR web server can be accessed at: http://bioinformatics.psb.ugent.be/webtools/tapir.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  Supplementary data are available at Bioinformatics online.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant Systems Biology, VIB, B-9052 Gent, Belgium.
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bonnet
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Kenny
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Billiau
authors.forename: Yves
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Van de Peer
mesh_terms: D032701:Biomimetics; D020407:Internet; D035683:MicroRNAs / Q000737:chemistry*; D018749:RNA, Plant / Q000737:chemistry*; D017423:Sequence Analysis, RNA / Q000379:methods; D012984:Software
chemical_list: D035683:MicroRNAs; D018749:RNA, Plant