The accuracy of the software has been tested on a set of 100 vertebrate
promoters. The positions scoring 0.5-0.8 (Marginal predictions) contain
about 65% true transcription start sites within 100 base pairs upstream.
The positions scoring 0.8-1.0 (Medium likely predictions) are about 80%
true. Finally, the positions scoring above 1.0 (Highly likely predictions)
are about 95% true. On average, the software picks up about 80% of all PolII
promoters. These numbers are rough estimates based on a limited test set.
For a favorable comparison of this software to other promoter prediction
software, see:
Eukaryotic promoter recognition.
J.W. Fickett and A.G. Hatzigeorgiou.
Genome Res. 7(9), 861-878, 1997.
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