Comparison of unconstrained motif discovery algorithms.

The method and the year of publication is displayed along the species. “Succ.” is the success rate of the algorithm or the percentage of known motifs rediscovered. “Test” is the number of known motifs tested in the validation step. “Novel” is the number of novel motifs predicted. “ML” indicates whether a machine learning approach is used. “Comb.” indicates whether a combinatorial filter is employed. “HR” indicates whether high resolution predictions are available. If IUPAC symbols are used during the enumeration phase, the prediction resolution is low. Species: Cb = Caenorhabditis briggsae; Ce = Caenorhabditis elegans; Dm = Drosophila melanogaster; Fg = Fusarium graminearum; Hs = Homo sapiens; Mm = Mus musculus; Pf = Plasmodium falciparum; Sb = Saccharomyces bayanus; Sc = Saccharomyces cerevisiae.