Stem-loop ppy-mir-21

Accession

MI0002624

Description

Pongo pygmaeus ppy-mir-21 precursor miRNA

Gene family

MIPF0000060; mir-21

Sequence

ugucgggUAGCUUAUCAGACUGAUGUUGAcuguugaaucucauggcaacaccagucgaugggcugucugaca
((((((((((((((((.(((((.(((((.((((.((...))))))))))).)))))))))))))))))))))

Structure

                A     A     A    u  a 
ugucgggUAGCUUAUC GACUG UGUUG cugu ga  
|||||||||||||||| ||||| ||||| |||| || u
acagucugucggguag cugac acaac ggua cu  
                -     c     -    -  c 

Annotation confidence Not enough data

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_002962513.1: 1757121-1757192 [-]

Mature ppy-miR-21

• Accession: MIMAT0002323
• Description: Pongo pygmaeus ppy-miR-21 mature miRNA
• Sequence: 8 - UAGCUUAUCAGACUGAUGUUGA - 29
• Evidence: not_experimental

References

1. 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