Stem-loop aae-bantam

Accession

MI0013439

Description

Aedes aegypti aae-bantam precursor miRNA

Gene family

MIPF0000153; bantam

Literature search

3 open access papers mention aae-bantam
(6 sentences)

Sequence

49678 reads, 2493 reads per million, 2 experiments

agaaCCGGUUUUCAUUUUCGAUCUGACuuauuugauuuaacaagagUGAGAUCAUUUUGAAAGCUGAUuuu
.....(((((((((.....(((((.((((..(((......))))))).)))))....))))))))).....

Structure

agaaC         UUUUC     G    au   au 
     CGGUUUUCA     GAUCU ACuu  uug  u
     |||||||||     ||||| ||||  |||   
     GUCGAAAGU     CUAGA Ugag  aac  u
uuuUA         -UUUA     G    --   aa 

Annotation confidence High

Comments

This miRNA was identified independently in Aedes aegypti [1] and in the closely related Aedes albopictus, for which there was no genome sequence [2]. The latter reads were therefore also mapped to the Aedes aegypti genome [2].

Genome context

supercont1.49: 1579552-1579622 [-]

Mature aae-bantam-5p

• Accession: MIMAT0014218
• Description: Aedes aegypti aae-bantam-5p mature miRNA
• Sequence: 5 - CCGGUUUUCAUUUUCGAUCUGAC - 27
• Evidence: experimental ; Illumina [2]

Mature aae-bantam-3p

• Accession: MIMAT0014219
• Description: Aedes aegypti aae-bantam-3p mature miRNA
• Sequence: 47 - UGAGAUCAUUUUGAAAGCUGAU - 68
• Evidence: experimental ; 454 [1], Illumina [2]

References

1. PubMed ID: 19961592
   Direct sequencing and expression analysis of a large number of miRNAs in Aedes aegypti and a multi-species survey of novel mosquito miRNAs
   Li S, Mead EA, Liang S, Tu Z
   BMC Genomics (2009) 10:581


2. PubMed ID: 20167119
   Identification of microRNAs expressed in two mosquito vectors, Aedes albopictus and Culex quinquefasciatus
   Skalsky RL, Vanlandingham DL, Scholle F, Higgs S, Cullen BR
   BMC Genomics (2010) 11:119