miRBase entry: ppy-mir-20a

Stem-loop ppy-mir-20a

Accession

MI0002992

Description

Pongo pygmaeus ppy-mir-20a precursor miRNA

Gene family

MIPF0000001; mir-17

Literature search

1 open access papers mention ppy-mir-20a
(2 sentences)

Sequence

guagcacUAAAGUGCUUAUAGUGCAGGUAguguuuaguuaucuacugcauuaugagcacuuaaaguacugc
((((.(((.(((((((((((((((((.(((...........))))))))))))))))))))..))).))))

Structure

    c   -A                 G   uguu 
guag acU  AAGUGCUUAUAGUGCAG UAg    u
|||| |||  ||||||||||||||||| |||    a
cguc uga  uucacgaguauuacguc auc    g
    a   aa                 -   uauu

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

chr13: 93460490-93460560 [+]

Clustered miRNAs

5 other miRNAs are < 10 kb from ppy-mir-20a

Name	Accession	Chromosome	Start	End	Strand	Confidence

Database links

Mature ppy-miR-20a

Accession	MIMAT0002690
Description	Pongo pygmaeus ppy-miR-20a mature miRNA
Sequence	8 - UAAAGUGCUUAUAGUGCAGGUA - 29
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