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Table 3 Compared accuracy of the ERPIN and POLYADQ programs for the prediction of EMBL annotated poly(A) sites, and of EST-derived weak poly(A) sites identified in this study. The negative set for SP and CC calculation is "UTR shuffled" from Table 2.

From: Sequence determinants in human polyadenylation site selection

Program

Prediction of:

Sensitivity SN

Specificity SP

Accuracy CC

Erpin

EMBL annotated sites

55.91 %

85.38 %

0.494

Polyadq

 

55.70 %

77.81 %

0.415

Erpin

Weak sites

31.28 %

80.21 %

0.262

Polyadq

 

30.54 %

70.45 %

0.171