miRBase entry: ppy-mir-23b

Stem-loop ppy-mir-23b

Accession

MI0002500

Description

Pongo pygmaeus ppy-mir-23b precursor miRNA

Sequence

cucaggugcucuggcugcuuggguuccuggcaugcugauuugugacuuaagauuaaaAUCACAUUGCCAGGGAUUACCACgcaaccacgaccuuggc
.(((((.(.(((((.(((.(((((((((((((((.((((((..............)))))))).))))))))))..))).))).))).)))))))).

Structure

c     u c  -   c   u   --          -  c      gugacu 
 ucagg g uc ugg ugc ugg  guuccuggca ug ugauuu      u
 ||||| | || ||| ||| |||  |||||||||| || ||||||       
 gguuc c ag acc acg ACC  UAGGGACCGU AC ACUAaa      a
c     - -  c   a   C   AU          U  -      auuaga

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

chr9: 91048574-91048670 [+]

Clustered miRNAs

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

Name	Accession	Chromosome	Start	End	Strand	Confidence

Database links

Mature ppy-miR-23b

Accession	MIMAT0002211
Description	Pongo pygmaeus ppy-miR-23b mature miRNA
Sequence	58 - AUCACAUUGCCAGGGAUUACCAC - 80
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