miRBase entry: ppy-mir-181b

Stem-loop ppy-mir-181b

Accession

MI0002936

Description

Pongo pygmaeus ppy-mir-181b precursor miRNA

Sequence

ccugugcagagauuauuguuuaaaaggucacaaucAACAUUCAUUGCUGUCGGUGGGUugaacuguguggacaagcucacugaacaaugaaugcaacuguggccccgcuu
.........................(((((((.....(((((((((...((((((((((....(((....))))))))))))).)))))))))....)))))))......

Structure

ccugugcagagauuauuguuuaaaa       aucAA         CUG          gaac   g 
                         ggucaca     CAUUCAUUG   UCGGUGGGUu    ugu u
                         |||||||     |||||||||   ||||||||||    |||  
                         ccggugu     guaaguaac   agucacucga    aca g
-------------------uucgcc       -caac         --a          ----   g

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

chr1: 51520745-51520854 [+]

Clustered miRNAs

1 other miRNA is < 10 kb from ppy-mir-181b

Name	Accession	Chromosome	Start	End	Strand	Confidence

Database links

Mature ppy-miR-181b

Accession	MIMAT0002628
Description	Pongo pygmaeus ppy-miR-181b mature miRNA
Sequence	36 - AACAUUCAUUGCUGUCGGUGGGU - 58
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