Summary: 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.#R##N##R##N#Availability: The TAPIR web server can be accessed at: http://bioinformatics.psb.ugent.be/webtools/tapir#R##N##R##N#Contact: yves.vandepeer@psb.vib-ugent.be#R##N##R##N#Supplementary information:Supplementary data are available at Bioinformatics online.
['Eric Bonnet', 'Ying He', 'Kenny Billiau', 'Yves Van de Peer']
TAPIR, a web server for the prediction of plant microRNA targets, including target mimics