How to perform target search?
There are two ways to search miRDB for predicted miRNA targets. 1) Search by miRNA names. Partial names are allowed. If there is more than one match, all the matched miRNAs will be returned and you may choose from one of these miRNAs to view their predicted targets. If there is only one match, the target prediction result will be presented directly. The partial name search can be useful if you need to do a general search. For example, by typing in “hsa”, you will retrieved all human miRNAs with predicted targets. 2) Search by gene target information. There are three options to do gene search: GenBank Accession, NCBI Gene ID or Gene Symbol. You have to enter the exact ID or symbol and no partial match is allowed. In this way, a single gene record will be retrieved if it is predicted to be a miRNA target.
