SalivaDB - A Database for Salivary Biomarkers

Help

This page provides help to the users of SalivaDB database on how to efficiently use this repository of salivary biomarkers. For each module which is implemented in SalivaDB, here we provide the description on how to use that module. The information about the general modules are provided here.

Search Module

Basic Search This module displays the basic search page of SalivaDB. Clicking on the required field will allow the user to browse the specific information in the database. The "Select Fields to be SEARCHED" section provides options for various keywords through which search can be made in SalivaDB. The users can select fields to be displayed from the section "Fields to DISPLAY".The users can click on each SAL_ID to get all the details regarding the entry and can also click on Biomarker IDs to know information about that salivary biomarker.

Advanced Search This page provides the advanced search facility in SalivaDB. The users can browse the page by selecting multiple fields using AND/OR/NOT operators. This search module allows user to perform search on any or all fields of SalivaDB. It also allows to DISPLAY all field or user selected fields.

Browse page

Browse by Disease Type The users can browse the biomarkers in this database for different disease classes like Neurological Disorders, Immune System Disorders, Cancer, Cardiovascular Disorders etc. By clicking on different types of disorders/ conditions, user will retrieve a set of entries for each type. Each record contains SAL_ID which is linked to the detailed information for each biomarker. The entries are also linked to various databases like Uniprot, PubChem, miRBase, NCBI's Gene, and Taxonomy databases depending upon the biomarker type. All the publication references are also hyperlinked to PubMed.

Browse by Biomarker Category For convenience of the users, all the biomarkers in the database are classified into following types depending upon their biomarker category: Protein Metabolite Microbe miRNA Gene The users can browse the biomarkers in this database for different biomarker categories mentioned above. By clicking on different types of disorders/ conditions, user will retrieve a set of entries for each type. Each record contains SAL_ID which is linked to the detailed information for each biomarker. The entries are also linked to various databases like Uniprot, PubChem, miRBase, NCBI's Gene, and Taxonomy databases depending upon the biomarker type. All the publication references are also hyperlinked to PubMed.

Browse by Exosomal Origin The user can browse this module for the details on whether a biomarker has been derived from the exosome for the study. This module is divided into two classes - Exosomal Not given

Tools

BLAST Search This option allows users to search protein sequences similar to their query protein, gene, or miRNA against a database of salivary biomarker sequences maintained at SalivaDB.

Smith Waterman Mapping This page perform local alignmnent and provides similar regions between two strings protein, gene, or miRNA sequences