miRBase entry: ppy-mir-23a

Stem-loop ppy-mir-23a

Accession

MI0003045

Description

Pongo pygmaeus ppy-mir-23a precursor miRNA

Gene family

MIPF0000027; mir-23

Sequence

ggccggcugggguuccuggggaugggauuugcuuccugucacaaAUCACAUUGCCAGGGAUUUCCaaccgacc
((.(((.((((((((((((.((((.((((((..........)))))).)))).))))))).))))).))).))

Structure

  c   c     -       g    g      cuuc 
gg cgg ugggg uuccugg gaug gauuug    c
|| ||| ||||| ||||||| |||| ||||||     
cc gcc aCCUU AGGGACC UUAC CUAaac    u
  a   a     U       G    A      acug

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

NW_002966782.1: 23299-23371 [-]

Clustered miRNAs

2 other miRNAs are < 10 kb from ppy-mir-23a

Name	Accession	Chromosome	Start	End	Strand	Confidence

Database links

Mature ppy-miR-23a

Accession	MIMAT0002747
Description	Pongo pygmaeus ppy-miR-23a mature miRNA
Sequence	45 - AUCACAUUGCCAGGGAUUUCC - 65
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