Report-class: Class "Report", report and evidence for a miRNA target gene...

In jotsetung/mirtarbase-db: miRTarBase miRNA-target interaction database

Description

The class “Report” provides the evidence for a miRNA target gene interaction as defined by the miRTarBase.

Objects from the Class

Objects can be created by calls of the form new("Report", ...) or using the newReport function (the preferred way).

Slots

pmid

The PubMed identifier of the publication in which the miRNA target gene interaction has been described.

experiments

A character vector of experiments that have been performed in the publication to verify the MTI.

support_type

The evidence grade of the interaction.

Methods

show( object )

Print the content of the Report class.

pmid( object, ... )

Returns the PubMed identifier(s) of the publications providing evidence of the interaction.

experiments( object, ... )

Returns the experiments that were performed to proof the interaction.

supportedBy( object, ... )

Returns the support type of the evidence/experiments.

Note

Instead of directly accessing the slots of the class, the getter methods listed above should be used instead.

Author(s)

Johannes Rainer

See Also

MTI, getMti

Examples

## get a MTI from the database.
MTI <- getMti( "MIRT006481", type="mirtarbase_id" )[[1]]

## get the Reports
Reps <- reports( MTI )
Reps

jotsetung/mirtarbase-db documentation built on May 19, 2019, 9:42 p.m.