miRBase entry: ppa-mir-99a

Stem-loop ppa-mir-99a

Accession

MI0002708

Description

Pan paniscus ppa-mir-99a precursor miRNA

Sequence

cccauuggcauaAACCCGUAGAUCCGAUCUUGUGgugaaguggaccgcacaagcucgcuucuaugggucugugucagugug
..((((((((((.(((((((((..(((.((((((.((........)))))))).)))..))))))))).))))))))))..

Structure

cc          A         UC   U      g  aag 
  cauuggcaua ACCCGUAGA  CGA CUUGUG ug   u
  |||||||||| |||||||||  ||| |||||| ||    
  gugacugugu uggguaucu  gcu gaacac gc   g
gu          c         uc   c      -  cag

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

chr21: 16645662-16645742 [+]

Clustered miRNAs

1 other miRNA is < 10 kb from ppa-mir-99a

Name	Accession	Chromosome	Start	End	Strand	Confidence

Database links

Mature ppa-miR-99a

Accession	MIMAT0002416
Description	Pan paniscus ppa-miR-99a mature miRNA
Sequence	13 - AACCCGUAGAUCCGAUCUUGUG - 34
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