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Table 3 A ranked list of all features used in this work. The score is calculated by the ReliefF method

From: TargetSpy: a supervised machine learning approach for microRNA target prediction

Rank

Features

Score

1

Number of base parings to the microRNA 8-mer seed

0.03175

2

G+C content of target site

0.01263

3

Number of base pairings to the first 8 nucleotides of the microRNA 3' end

0.01038

4

Number of consecutive base-pairings to the microRNA 3' end with two allowed non-pairing positions

0.00995

5

Occurrence of CpG in target site

0.00799

6

G+C content ratio between the microRNA and the target site

0.00642

7

Compactness

0.00619

8

T9 anchor

0.00556

9

Longest stretch of consecutive base-pairings in the hybrid

0.00513

10

Number of bulges in the microRNA of size three

0.00498

11

T1 S/W anchor

0.00491

12

Total number of base-pairings

0.00475

13

Number of bulges on the target site of size seven or greater

0.00442

14

T1 anchor

0.00434

15

Number of bulges in the microRNA of size two

0.00433

16

Occurrence of CpG in the upstream flanking area

0.00383

17

Number of bulges in the target site of size one

0.00374

18

Total bulge length of the target site

0.00362

19

Length of the target site

0.00336

20

Total bulge length of the microRNA

0.00334

21

Target site position within the 3'UTR

0.00333

22

Number of symmetric bulges

0.00290

23

G + C content upstream of the target site

0.00287

24

Number of bulges on the target site

0.00286

25

Length of the second largest bulge on the target site

0.00268

26

Mean length of bulges on the target site

0.00263

27

T9 S/W anchor

0.00261

28

Binding asymmetry

0.00255

29

Number of bulges in the target site of size two

0.00240

30

Total number of G:U wobble base pairs

0.00227

31

Local RISC accessibility 30/30

0.00220

32

Local RISC accessibility 3/15

0.00215

33

Number of bulges in the target site of size four

0.00210

34

Difference in G+C content between the first and the last nt of the target site

0.00201

35

Occurrence of CpG in downstream flanking area

0.00179

36

Number of bulges in the microRNA of size one

0.00179

37

Length of the second largest bulge on the microRNA

0.00174

38

Number of bulges on the microRNA

0.00153

39

Number of bulges in the microRNA of size five

0.00128

40

Number of bulges in the target site of size three

0.00113

41

Difference in G + C content between the target site and the 20 nt upstream and downstream flanking region

0.00112

42

Number of bulges in the target site of size five

0.00100

43

Number of bulges in the microRNA of size four

0.00084

44

G+C content downstream of the target site

0.00084

45

Number of bulges in the target site of size six

0.00021