A population-based statistical approach identifies parameters characteristic of human microRNA-mRNA interactions.

BMC Bioinformatics · 2004 · PMC523849 · PMID 15453917

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highly significantp = 3 × 10 -9actually significant

The difference (26, 248 hits, distributed among 8258 mRNA sequences) is highly significant (p = 3 × 10 -9 ) and suggests that about 1/4 of the total hits in this "10+ set" occur upon "true" biological mRNA targets.

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