miRBase entry: ppy-mir-29b-2

Stem-loop ppy-mir-29b-2

Accession

MI0002734

Description

Pongo pygmaeus ppy-mir-29b-2 precursor miRNA

Gene family

MIPF0000009; mir-29

Sequence

cuucuggaagcugguuucacaugguggcuuagauuuuuccaucuuuguaucUAGCACCAUUUGAAAUCAGUguuuuaggag
(((((((((((((((((((.((((((.((.((((..............)))))))))))).)))))))))).)))))))))

Structure

         -          c      g  u    uuuucc 
cuucuggaa gcugguuuca auggug cu agau      a
||||||||| |||||||||| |||||| || ||||       
gaggauuuu UGACUAAAGU UACCAC GA Ucua      u
         g          U      -  -    uguuuc

Annotation confidence Not enough data

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Comments

Berezikov et al. used primers designed from human miRNA gene flanking sequence to amplify miRNA precursor regions in primates [1]. The expression of the mature miRNA was not validated.

Genome context

chr1: 42327544-42327624 [+]

Clustered miRNAs

1 other miRNA is < 10 kb from ppy-mir-29b-2

Name	Accession	Chromosome	Start	End	Strand	Confidence

Database links

Mature ppy-miR-29b

Accession	MIMAT0002434
Description	Pongo pygmaeus ppy-miR-29b mature miRNA
Sequence	52 - UAGCACCAUUUGAAAUCAGU - 71
Evidence	not_experimental

References

PubMed ID: 15652478
Phylogenetic shadowing and computational identification of human microRNA genes
"Berezikov E, Guryev V, van de Belt J, Wienholds E, Plasterk RH, Cuppen E"
"Cell (2005) 120:21-24