Which are the databases with experimentally validated miRNAs?

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Sercan Ergün Popular answer

miRWalk, STarMir, Microcosm, TargetScan, miRNAMap, mirDIP, TarMir, miR2Disease, starBase, miRo are predicted databases.

miRTarBase and DianaTools are experimentally validated miRNA databases.

Sincerely,

Kai Ove Skaftnesmo

miRbase would be the one to check for experimentally validated miRNAs.

Sercan Ergün