miRBase entry: ppy-mir-29a

Stem-loop ppy-mir-29a

Accession

MI0002660

Description

Pongo pygmaeus ppy-mir-29a precursor miRNA

Sequence

augacugauuucuuuugguguucagagucaauauaauuuuCUAGCACCAUCUGAAAUCGGUUau
((((((((((((...(((((((.((((...........)))))))))))...))))))))))))

Structure

            uuu       c    ucaa 
augacugauuuc   ugguguu agag    u
||||||||||||   ||||||| ||||    a
uaUUGGCUAAAG   ACCACGA UCuu    u
            UCU       -    uuaa

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

chr7: 127858405-127858468 [-]

Clustered miRNAs

1 other miRNA is < 10 kb from ppy-mir-29a

Name	Accession	Chromosome	Start	End	Strand	Confidence

Database links

Mature ppy-miR-29a

Accession	MIMAT0002363
Description	Pongo pygmaeus ppy-miR-29a mature miRNA
Sequence	41 - CUAGCACCAUCUGAAAUCGGUU - 62
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