VMir

• Release 1.5 (latest version, 06/17/2011): VMir Analyzer v2.3 / VMir Viewer v1.6 (as described in (1)):
  - Added a tool that allows the user to adjust the stringency of the scoring algorithm.
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• Release 1.4: VMir Analyzer v2.3 / VMir Viewer v1.5:
  - Fixed a bug in VMir Analyzer which could stall the program when access to temporary files was delayed.

• Release 1.3: VMir Analyzer v2.2 / VMir Viewer v1.5 (as described in (2)):
  - Decreased the default size of the hairpin segment which VMir Analyzer considers to calculate scores from 120 to 100 to prevent over-penalization of large bulges at the base of hairpin structures.
  - Added tools for the design and analysis of oligonucleotide microarrays to confirm miRNA predictions to VMir Viewer.

• Release 1.0: VMir Analyzer v2.1 / VMir Viewer v1.2 (Original Version as described in (3,6))

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4. Walz N, Christalla T, Tessmer U, Grundhoff A. (2010). A global analysis of evolutionary conservation among known and predicted gammaherpesvirus microRNAs. J Virol. 84(2):716-28. Epub 2009 Nov 4.
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6. Sullivan C.S., Grundhoff A., Tevethia S., Pipas J.M., Ganem D. (2005). SV40-encoded microRNAs regulate viral gene expression and reduce susceptibility to cytotoxic T cells. Nature. 2005 Jun 2;435(7042):682-6.