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Table 4 SVM features to describe stem loops, part 3. These quantities are calculated over the longest region in which the difference between the 5' and 3' components of asymmetrical loops is not larger than Δl (we will call this "relaxed symmetry region").

From: Identification of clustered microRNAs using an ab initio prediction method

Index

Feature description

SVM weight

27

Length

0.189

28

Distance from the hairpin loop

0.116

29

Number of nucleotides involved in symmetrical internal loops

-0.220

30

Number of nucleotides involved in asymmetrical internal loops

-0.176

31/32/33/34

Proportion of A/C/G/U nucleotides

0.024/0.077/-0.079/0.149

35/36/37

Proportion of A-U/C-G/G-U base pairs

0.317/0.123/-0.156