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LncPlankton

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What the tool is doing

LncPlankton is a database that compiles candidate marine lncRNAs from marine microbial eukaryotes. It exposes these candidates through a user-friendly open-access web interface.

Source 1DOIPubMed

Resources required

The resource relies on predictions integrated from 10 coding potential prediction tools in a majority-voting setting. Users need access to the web interface to explore the database.

Source 1DOIPubMed

What problem it solves

It helps fill the knowledge gap about the occurrence of lncRNAs in the marine environment by centralizing candidate lncRNA calls across many species.

Source 1DOIPubMed

What it does not solve

The abstract does not indicate that the database experimentally validates lncRNA function or mechanism. It presents candidate lncRNAs rather than confirmed regulatory molecules.

Source 1DOIPubMed

Alternatives

The abstract does not name alternative marine lncRNA databases. It does state that LncPlankton integrates outputs from 10 coding potential prediction tools rather than relying on a single predictor.

Source 1DOIPubMed

Evidence Snippets

we have developed LncPlankton, a comprehensive database of candidate marine lncRNAs
Evidence 1Source 1DOIPubMedprovenance

Supporting Sources

Linked Claims

Claim 1accessibilitysupports2025Source 1DOIPubMed

LncPlankton provides a user-friendly open-access web interface for database exploration.

Claim 2intended usesupports2025Source 1DOIPubMed

LncPlankton is intended to support small- and large-scale lncRNA analyses across marine plankton species and comparative studies beyond the marine environment.

Claim 3method summarysupports2025Source 1DOIPubMed

LncPlankton candidate calls were generated by integrating predictions from 10 coding potential prediction tools using a majority-voting approach.

Claim 4resource creationsupports2025Source 1DOIPubMed

The paper reports development of LncPlankton as a comprehensive database of candidate marine lncRNAs.

Claim 5resource scalesupports2025Source 1DOIPubMed

The database contains over 2 million potential lncRNAs across 414 marine plankton species from over nine phyla.