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Table of contents:

  1. Overview

  2. Performance Plots

  3. Performance of McQFold - scored higher in this pairwise comparison

  4. Performance of Pknots - scored lower in this pairwise comparison

  5. Compile and download dataset for McQFold & Pknots [.zip] - may take several seconds...


Overview

Metric McQFold Pknots
MCC 0.621 > 0.599
Average MCC ± 95% Confidence Intervals 0.665 ± 0.053 > 0.655 ± 0.054
Sensitivity 0.534 < 0.543
Positive Predictive Value 0.729 > 0.668
Total TP 1621 < 1649
Total TN 345614 > 345371
Total FP 698 < 920
Total FP CONTRA 83 < 104
Total FP INCONS 521 < 715
Total FP COMP 94 < 101
Total FN 1416 > 1388
P-value 3.56938820447e-08

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Performance plots


  1. Comparison of performance of McQFold and Pknots. Positive Predictive Value (PPV) is plotted against sensitivity. Each dot represents a single test of each method. See tables below for raw data (individual counts for McQFold and Pknots).

  2. Average Matthews Correlation Coefficients (MCC) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were plotted for different RNA families, for which at least 3 members were present in the benchmarking dataset. 'n' denotes the number of MCCs used to calculate the average and CI. See tables below for raw data (individual counts for McQFold and Pknots).

  3. Comparison of average Matthews Correlation Coefficients (MCCs) for McQFold and Pknots. The whiskers correspond to 95% confidence intervals (CIs). 'n' denotes the number of MCCs used to calculate average MCCs and CIs. See tables below for raw data (individual counts for McQFold and Pknots).

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Performance of McQFold - scored higher in this pairwise comparison

1. Total counts & total scores for McQFold

Total Base Pair Counts
Total TP 1621
Total TN 345614
Total FP 698
Total FP CONTRA 83
Total FP INCONS 521
Total FP COMP 94
Total FN 1416
Total Scores
MCC 0.621
Average MCC ± 95% Confidence Intervals 0.665 ± 0.053
Sensitivity 0.534
Positive Predictive Value 0.729
Nr of predictions 129

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2. Individual counts for McQFold [ download as .csv ]

RNA Chain Rfam family MCC SENS PPV TP TN FP FP CONTRA FP INCONS FP COMP FN
2K5Z_A - 0.60 0.36 1.00 4 402 0 0 0 0 7
2K63_A - 0.95 0.90 1.00 9 397 0 0 0 0 1
2K66_A - 0.95 0.90 1.00 9 222 0 0 0 0 1
2KD8_A - 1.00 1.00 1.00 9 222 1 0 0 1 0
2KDQ_B 0.95 0.91 1.00 10 396 0 0 0 0 1
2KE6_A 0.89 0.79 1.00 15 1113 1 0 0 1 4
2KEZ_A - 0.89 0.80 1.00 8 268 0 0 0 0 2
2KFC_A - 0.49 0.25 1.00 5 625 0 0 0 0 15
2KGP_A - 0.81 0.67 1.00 6 294 1 0 0 1 3
2KMJ_A - 1.00 1.00 1.00 11 367 1 0 0 1 0
2KPV_A - 0.96 0.92 1.00 12 549 0 0 0 0 1
2KRL_A - 0.59 0.53 0.68 21 5120 13 3 7 3 19
2KU0_A - 0.75 0.56 1.00 9 694 0 0 0 0 7
2KUR_A 0.87 0.76 1.00 16 1112 0 0 0 0 5
2KUU_A 0.84 0.71 1.00 15 1113 1 0 0 1 6
2KUV_A 0.85 0.73 1.00 16 1112 0 0 0 0 6
2KUW_A 0.87 0.76 1.00 16 1112 0 0 0 0 5
2KX8_A 0.88 0.83 0.94 15 845 1 0 1 0 3
2KXM_A - 0.70 0.50 1.00 5 346 0 0 0 0 5
2KZL_A - 0.86 0.74 1.00 14 1471 1 0 0 1 5
2L1F_A 0.98 0.96 1.00 23 2057 0 0 0 0 1
2L1F_B 0.98 0.96 1.00 24 2121 0 0 0 0 1
2L2K_A - 0.97 0.95 1.00 18 843 0 0 0 0 1
2L3C_B - 0.94 0.88 1.00 15 546 0 0 0 0 2
2L3E_A - 1.00 1.00 1.00 13 582 1 0 0 1 0
2L3J_B 0.89 0.79 1.00 27 2458 0 0 0 0 7
2L5Z_A - 0.86 0.75 1.00 9 316 0 0 0 0 3
2L94_A 0.97 0.95 1.00 19 971 0 0 0 0 1
2LA5_A - 0.46 0.26 0.83 5 624 1 0 1 0 14
2LBS_A - 1.00 1.00 1.00 14 482 1 0 0 1 0
2LC8_A 0.61 0.55 0.69 11 1524 5 0 5 0 9
2LDL_A - 0.73 0.55 1.00 6 345 0 0 0 0 5
2LDT_A - 0.68 0.47 1.00 7 458 0 0 0 0 8
2LHP_A - 1.00 1.00 1.00 16 650 0 0 0 0 0
2LJJ_A - 1.00 1.00 1.00 8 343 2 0 0 2 0
2LK3_A - 0.95 0.90 1.00 9 267 0 0 0 0 1
2LKR_A - 0.51 0.46 0.58 18 6074 13 2 11 0 21
2LQZ_A - 0.91 0.91 0.91 10 340 1 1 0 0 1
2LWK_A - 0.83 0.77 0.91 10 485 2 0 1 1 3
2RP0_A - 0.64 0.42 1.00 5 346 0 0 0 0 7
2RPT_A - 1.00 1.00 1.00 7 183 0 0 0 0 0
2RRC_A - 0.70 0.50 1.00 5 226 0 0 0 0 5
2WRQ_Y 0.57 0.59 0.56 10 2832 13 5 3 5 7
2WW9_D - 0.32 0.23 0.46 6 1940 7 2 5 0 20
2WW9_E - -0.01 0.00 0.00 0 556 5 0 5 0 14
2WW9_F - 0.71 0.60 0.86 6 293 1 0 1 0 4
2WWQ_V 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 2926 0 0 0 0 28
2XKV_B 0.31 0.30 0.33 6 4542 25 1 11 13 14
2XQD_Y 0.88 0.78 1.00 21 2829 0 0 0 0 6
2XXA_G 0.27 0.24 0.32 10 5120 21 0 21 0 32
2Y8W_B - 1.00 1.00 1.00 6 184 2 0 0 2 0
2Y9C_V - 0.59 0.54 0.65 13 2258 8 1 6 1 11
2YIE_X - 0.36 0.33 0.40 4 1368 6 2 4 0 8
2YIE_Z - 0.43 0.42 0.45 5 1529 6 3 3 0 7
2ZY6_A - 0.58 0.58 0.58 7 691 5 1 4 0 5
2ZZM_B 0.21 0.19 0.24 6 3461 19 2 17 0 26
2ZZN_D 0.84 0.78 0.91 21 2462 2 0 2 0 6
3A2K_C 0.86 0.75 1.00 21 2905 0 0 0 0 7
3A3A_A 0.87 0.76 1.00 28 3627 0 0 0 0 9
3ADB_C - 0.92 0.84 1.00 32 4154 1 0 0 1 6
3AKZ_H 0.68 0.61 0.77 17 2679 6 1 4 1 11
3AM1_B - 0.91 0.83 1.00 29 3211 1 0 0 1 6
3AMU_B 0.75 0.59 0.94 16 2986 3 0 1 2 11
3DW4_A - -0.02 0.00 0.00 0 348 3 0 3 0 10
3G4S_9 0.27 0.21 0.36 12 7348 21 1 20 0 45
3GCA_A - 0.54 0.29 1.00 5 523 0 0 0 0 12
3GX2_A 0.47 0.40 0.57 16 4343 13 1 11 1 24
3HAY_E - 0.91 0.83 1.00 15 2263 3 0 0 3 3
3HJW_D - 0.88 0.83 0.94 15 1637 3 0 1 2 3
3IAB_R - 0.92 0.86 1.00 12 1023 0 0 0 0 2
3ID5_D - 0.49 0.33 0.75 3 492 6 0 1 5 6
3IVN_B 0.78 0.61 1.00 19 2327 0 0 0 0 12
3IWN_A 0.20 0.18 0.24 6 4253 19 2 17 0 27
3IZF_C 0.68 0.56 0.83 30 6867 6 0 6 0 24
3J0L_g - -0.01 0.00 0.00 0 461 4 1 3 0 4
3J0L_h - 0.65 0.49 0.88 21 6081 3 0 3 0 22
3J0L_7 - -0.01 0.00 0.00 0 1215 10 0 10 0 17
3J0L_8 - 0.93 0.88 1.00 7 183 0 0 0 0 1
3J0L_a - 0.26 0.19 0.38 3 1120 5 1 4 0 13
3J0L_2 - 0.26 0.24 0.30 8 6189 21 0 19 2 25
3J0L_1 - 0.65 0.47 0.90 9 1215 3 0 1 2 10
3J16_L 0.75 0.57 1.00 17 2758 0 0 0 0 13
3J20_0 0.66 0.57 0.77 17 2828 6 1 4 1 13
3J20_1 0.96 0.91 1.00 21 2905 0 0 0 0 2
3J2L_3 0.56 0.43 0.72 23 7843 11 0 9 2 30
3JYV_7 -0.01 0.00 0.00 0 2830 20 0 20 0 32
3JYX_4 0.20 0.21 0.19 7 12210 33 8 21 4 26
3JYX_3 0.21 0.22 0.20 6 6298 24 9 15 0 21
3KTW_C - 0.36 0.30 0.45 13 4531 17 1 15 1 30
3LA5_A 0.78 0.62 1.00 21 2464 0 0 0 0 13
3NDB_M - 0.81 0.70 0.93 43 9134 4 1 2 1 18
3NKB_B - 0.36 0.31 0.44 8 1998 10 1 9 0 18
3NMU_E - 0.41 0.17 1.00 1 560 3 0 0 3 5
3NPB_A 0.81 0.67 0.97 31 6989 4 1 0 3 15
3O58_3 0.26 0.26 0.26 9 12368 26 10 16 0 26
3O58_2 0.83 0.71 0.96 27 7232 2 0 1 1 11
3OVB_D - 1.00 1.00 1.00 11 584 1 0 0 1 0
3OVS_D - 0.96 0.92 1.00 12 549 0 0 0 0 1
3P22_G - 0.96 0.92 1.00 11 730 0 0 0 0 1
3PDR_A 0.69 0.56 0.87 40 12834 9 0 6 3 32
3R4F_A - 0.96 0.92 1.00 23 2122 1 0 0 1 2
3R9X_C - 0.84 0.80 0.89 8 586 2 0 1 1 2
3RKF_A 0.76 0.59 1.00 20 2191 0 0 0 0 14
3SD1_A 0.71 0.60 0.86 25 3887 4 0 4 0 17
3SIU_F - 0.73 0.55 1.00 6 372 0 0 0 0 5
3SN2_B 0.96 0.92 1.00 11 395 0 0 0 0 1
3TRZ_Z - 0.91 0.83 1.00 5 205 2 0 0 2 1
3TS0_U - 1.00 1.00 1.00 6 247 1 0 0 1 0
3TS2_V - 1.00 1.00 1.00 5 271 0 0 0 0 0
3U4M_B - 0.73 0.57 0.95 21 3138 1 0 1 0 16
3UZL_B 0.45 0.41 0.52 15 3541 14 0 14 0 22
3VJR_D - 0.96 0.92 1.00 12 618 0 0 0 0 1
3W3S_B 0.44 0.38 0.54 15 4725 14 0 13 1 25
3ZEX_H - 0.21 0.21 0.22 8 9009 29 6 22 1 30
3ZEX_D 0.69 0.53 0.90 26 6992 3 1 2 0 23
3ZEX_G - 0.31 0.27 0.36 20 16416 38 1 34 3 54
3ZEX_F - 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 2619 9 2 7 0 12
3ZEX_C 0.27 0.21 0.34 11 14164 24 2 19 3 41
4A1C_3 0.25 0.22 0.29 12 7099 29 1 28 0 42
4A1C_2 0.15 0.15 0.15 5 11748 33 5 23 5 28
4A4U_A - 1.00 1.00 1.00 9 222 0 0 0 0 0
4AOB_A 0.42 0.33 0.54 14 4345 13 1 11 1 28
4ATO_G - -0.01 0.00 0.00 0 523 5 0 5 0 10
4ENB_A 0.89 0.79 1.00 15 1260 0 0 0 0 4
4ENC_A 0.86 0.79 0.94 15 1310 1 1 0 0 4
4FNJ_A - -0.02 0.00 0.00 0 588 7 0 7 0 16
4FRG_B 0.81 0.66 1.00 21 3465 0 0 0 0 11
4FRN_A 0.73 0.56 0.95 20 5130 1 1 0 0 16
4HXH_A - 1.00 1.00 1.00 6 319 0 0 0 0 0

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Performance of Pknots - scored lower in this pairwise comparison

1. Total counts & total scores for Pknots

Total Base Pair Counts
Total TP 1649
Total TN 345371
Total FP 920
Total FP CONTRA 104
Total FP INCONS 715
Total FP COMP 101
Total FN 1388
Total Scores
MCC 0.599
Average MCC ± 95% Confidence Intervals 0.655 ± 0.054
Sensitivity 0.543
Positive Predictive Value 0.668
Nr of predictions 129

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2. Individual counts for Pknots [ download as .csv ]

RNA Chain Rfam family MCC SENS PPV TP TN FP FP CONTRA FP INCONS FP COMP FN
2K5Z_A - 0.90 0.82 1.00 9 397 0 0 0 0 2
2K63_A - 0.95 0.90 1.00 9 397 0 0 0 0 1
2K66_A - 0.95 0.90 1.00 9 222 0 0 0 0 1
2KD8_A - 1.00 1.00 1.00 9 222 0 0 0 0 0
2KDQ_B 0.95 0.91 1.00 10 396 0 0 0 0 1
2KE6_A 0.97 0.95 1.00 18 1110 1 0 0 1 1
2KEZ_A - 0.89 0.80 1.00 8 268 0 0 0 0 2
2KFC_A - 0.11 0.10 0.17 2 618 10 0 10 0 18
2KGP_A - 0.81 0.67 1.00 6 294 1 0 0 1 3
2KMJ_A - 1.00 1.00 1.00 11 367 0 0 0 0 0
2KPV_A - 0.96 0.92 1.00 12 549 0 0 0 0 1
2KRL_A - 0.67 0.58 0.79 23 5122 9 2 4 3 17
2KU0_A - -0.02 0.00 0.00 0 693 10 0 10 0 16
2KUR_A 0.95 0.90 1.00 19 1109 0 0 0 0 2
2KUU_A 0.92 0.86 1.00 18 1110 1 0 0 1 3
2KUV_A 0.93 0.86 1.00 19 1109 0 0 0 0 3
2KUW_A 0.95 0.90 1.00 19 1109 0 0 0 0 2
2KX8_A 0.94 0.89 1.00 16 845 0 0 0 0 2
2KXM_A - -0.02 0.00 0.00 0 346 5 0 5 0 10
2KZL_A - 0.59 0.53 0.67 10 1470 5 1 4 0 9
2L1F_A 0.98 0.96 1.00 23 2057 0 0 0 0 1
2L1F_B 0.98 0.96 1.00 24 2121 0 0 0 0 1
2L2K_A - 0.94 0.89 1.00 17 844 0 0 0 0 2
2L3C_B - 0.87 0.76 1.00 13 548 0 0 0 0 4
2L3E_A - 0.96 0.92 1.00 12 583 1 0 0 1 1
2L3J_B 0.94 0.88 1.00 30 2455 0 0 0 0 4
2L5Z_A - 0.86 0.75 1.00 9 316 0 0 0 0 3
2L94_A 0.92 0.90 0.95 18 971 1 0 1 0 2
2LA5_A - 0.46 0.26 0.83 5 624 1 0 1 0 14
2LBS_A - 1.00 1.00 1.00 14 482 0 0 0 0 0
2LC8_A 0.79 0.75 0.83 15 1522 3 1 2 0 5
2LDL_A - 0.90 0.82 1.00 9 342 1 0 0 1 2
2LDT_A - 0.85 0.73 1.00 11 454 0 0 0 0 4
2LHP_A - 0.97 0.94 1.00 15 651 0 0 0 0 1
2LJJ_A - 1.00 1.00 1.00 8 343 2 0 0 2 0
2LK3_A - 0.95 0.90 1.00 9 267 0 0 0 0 1
2LKR_A - 0.44 0.44 0.45 17 6067 22 4 17 1 22
2LQZ_A - 0.85 0.82 0.90 9 341 1 1 0 0 2
2LWK_A - 0.33 0.23 0.50 3 490 3 0 3 0 10
2RP0_A - 0.66 0.58 0.78 7 342 2 1 1 0 5
2RPT_A - 1.00 1.00 1.00 7 183 0 0 0 0 0
2RRC_A - 0.77 0.60 1.00 6 225 0 0 0 0 4
2WRQ_Y 0.57 0.59 0.56 10 2832 12 5 3 4 7
2WW9_D - 0.35 0.31 0.42 8 1934 11 2 9 0 18
2WW9_E - 0.39 0.29 0.57 4 554 3 0 3 0 10
2WW9_F - 0.59 0.60 0.60 6 290 4 0 4 0 4
2WWQ_V 0.24 0.21 0.29 6 2905 16 1 14 1 22
2XKV_B 0.23 0.25 0.22 5 4537 31 1 17 13 15
2XQD_Y 0.88 0.78 1.00 21 2829 0 0 0 0 6
2XXA_G 0.32 0.31 0.34 13 5113 25 1 24 0 29
2Y8W_B - 1.00 1.00 1.00 6 184 1 0 0 1 0
2Y9C_V - 0.59 0.50 0.71 12 2261 6 1 4 1 12
2YIE_X - 0.36 0.33 0.40 4 1368 6 2 4 0 8
2YIE_Z - -0.01 0.00 0.00 0 1525 15 3 12 0 12
2ZY6_A - 0.58 0.58 0.58 7 691 5 1 4 0 5
2ZZM_B 0.20 0.19 0.23 6 3460 20 2 18 0 26
2ZZN_D 0.86 0.78 0.95 21 2463 1 0 1 0 6
3A2K_C 0.45 0.43 0.48 12 2901 13 2 11 0 16
3A3A_A 0.87 0.76 1.00 28 3627 0 0 0 0 9
3ADB_C - 0.92 0.84 1.00 32 4154 0 0 0 0 6
3AKZ_H 0.84 0.75 0.95 21 2679 1 1 0 0 7
3AM1_B - 0.91 0.83 1.00 29 3211 0 0 0 0 6
3AMU_B 0.86 0.74 1.00 20 2983 2 0 0 2 7
3DW4_A - 0.70 0.50 1.00 5 346 0 0 0 0 5
3G4S_9 0.25 0.21 0.31 12 7342 27 0 27 0 45
3GCA_A - 0.35 0.24 0.57 4 521 3 0 3 0 13
3GX2_A 0.47 0.40 0.55 16 4342 14 1 12 1 24
3HAY_E - 0.86 0.83 0.88 15 2261 5 0 2 3 3
3HJW_D - 0.94 0.89 1.00 16 1637 3 0 0 3 2
3IAB_R - 0.86 0.86 0.86 12 1021 4 1 1 2 2
3ID5_D - -0.01 0.00 0.00 0 491 5 1 4 0 9
3IVN_B 0.78 0.65 0.95 20 2325 1 0 1 0 11
3IWN_A 0.21 0.18 0.25 6 4254 18 1 17 0 27
3IZF_C 0.70 0.61 0.80 33 6862 8 1 7 0 21
3J0L_g - -0.01 0.00 0.00 0 460 5 2 3 0 4
3J0L_h - 0.58 0.49 0.70 21 6075 11 0 9 2 22
3J0L_7 - 0.28 0.29 0.29 5 1208 12 0 12 0 12
3J0L_8 - 0.93 0.88 1.00 7 183 0 0 0 0 1
3J0L_a - 0.35 0.31 0.42 5 1116 7 1 6 0 11
3J0L_2 - 0.36 0.36 0.36 12 6183 23 3 18 2 21
3J0L_1 - 0.65 0.47 0.90 9 1215 2 0 1 1 10
3J16_L 0.34 0.30 0.41 9 2753 13 0 13 0 21
3J20_0 0.84 0.70 1.00 21 2829 1 0 0 1 9
3J20_1 0.96 0.91 1.00 21 2905 0 0 0 0 2
3J2L_3 0.62 0.51 0.75 27 7839 12 0 9 3 26
3JYV_7 0.81 0.66 1.00 21 2829 0 0 0 0 11
3JYX_4 0.18 0.21 0.16 7 12203 41 13 23 5 26
3JYX_3 0.34 0.37 0.31 10 6296 24 9 13 2 17
3KTW_C - 0.49 0.44 0.56 19 4526 16 2 13 1 24
3LA5_A 0.80 0.65 1.00 22 2463 0 0 0 0 12
3NDB_M - 0.77 0.69 0.88 42 9132 7 1 5 1 19
3NKB_B - 0.55 0.50 0.62 13 1995 8 0 8 0 13
3NMU_E - 0.54 0.50 0.60 3 556 5 0 2 3 3
3NPB_A 0.76 0.67 0.86 31 6985 8 1 4 3 15
3O58_3 0.27 0.31 0.24 11 12357 38 11 24 3 24
3O58_2 0.83 0.74 0.93 28 7230 3 0 2 1 10
3OVB_D - 1.00 1.00 1.00 11 584 1 0 0 1 0
3OVS_D - 0.96 0.92 1.00 12 549 0 0 0 0 1
3P22_G - 0.96 0.92 1.00 11 730 0 0 0 0 1
3PDR_A 0.54 0.44 0.65 32 12831 19 0 17 2 40
3R4F_A - 0.92 0.88 0.96 22 2122 1 0 1 0 3
3R9X_C - 0.73 0.70 0.78 7 586 5 0 2 3 3
3RKF_A 0.77 0.62 0.95 21 2189 1 0 1 0 13
3SD1_A 0.65 0.52 0.81 22 3889 5 0 5 0 20
3SIU_F - 0.73 0.55 1.00 6 372 0 0 0 0 5
3SN2_B 0.96 0.92 1.00 11 395 0 0 0 0 1
3TRZ_Z - 0.91 0.83 1.00 5 205 1 0 0 1 1
3TS0_U - 1.00 1.00 1.00 6 247 1 0 0 1 0
3TS2_V - 1.00 1.00 1.00 5 271 0 0 0 0 0
3U4M_B - 0.26 0.22 0.32 8 3135 17 0 17 0 29
3UZL_B 0.75 0.59 0.96 22 3547 1 0 1 0 15
3VJR_D - 0.96 0.92 1.00 12 618 0 0 0 0 1
3W3S_B 0.71 0.63 0.81 25 4722 7 0 6 1 15
3ZEX_H - 0.20 0.21 0.20 8 9005 32 5 27 0 30
3ZEX_D 0.27 0.24 0.30 12 6981 28 0 28 0 37
3ZEX_G - 0.36 0.32 0.41 24 16413 37 3 31 3 50
3ZEX_F - 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 2619 12 2 7 3 12
3ZEX_C 0.07 0.08 0.07 4 14141 54 4 47 3 48
4A1C_3 0.25 0.22 0.29 12 7099 29 1 28 0 42
4A1C_2 0.24 0.24 0.25 8 11749 36 3 21 12 25
4A4U_A - 1.00 1.00 1.00 9 222 0 0 0 0 0
4AOB_A 0.17 0.14 0.21 6 4343 23 1 21 1 36
4ATO_G - 0.30 0.30 0.33 3 519 6 2 4 0 7
4ENB_A 0.83 0.79 0.88 15 1258 2 1 1 0 4
4ENC_A 0.86 0.79 0.94 15 1310 1 1 0 0 4
4FNJ_A - -0.02 0.00 0.00 0 585 10 0 10 0 16
4FRG_B 0.48 0.38 0.63 12 3467 7 0 7 0 20
4FRN_A 0.51 0.42 0.63 15 5127 9 1 8 0 21
4HXH_A - 1.00 1.00 1.00 6 319 0 0 0 0 0

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Matthews Correlation Coeffient, Sensitivity and Positive Predictive Value have been calculated based on the paper by Gardener & Giegerich, 2004.