mirNer is a simple regex based tool to detect MicroRna mentions in text, following the mi-RNA definition of Victor Ambroset al., (2003). A uniform system for microRNA annotation. RNA 2003 9(3):277-279.
Add a new repository pointing to jitpack.
<repository>
<id>jitpack.io</id>
<url>https://jitpack.io</url>
</repository>
And add the following dependenc
<dependency>
<groupId>com.github.Erechtheus</groupId>
<artifactId>mirNer</artifactId>
<version>master-SNAPSHOT</version>
</dependency>
public static void main(String[] args){
String text = "We detected the following mirna hsa-miR-216a* in human cel-lines.";
MirNer mir = new MirNer();
System.out.println(mir.extractFromText(text));
}