miRBase entry: ggo-mir-20a

Stem-loop ggo-mir-20a

Accession

MI0002968

Description

Gorilla gorilla ggo-mir-20a precursor miRNA

Sequence

guagcacUAAAGUGCUUAUAGUGCAGGUAguguuuaguuaucuacugcauuaugagcacuuaaaguacugc
((((.(((.(((((((((((((((((.(((...........))))))))))))))))))))..))).))))

Structure

    c   -A                 G   uguu 
guag acU  AAGUGCUUAUAGUGCAG UAg    u
|||| |||  ||||||||||||||||| |||    a
cguc uga  uucacgaguauuacguc auc    g
    a   aa                 -   uauu

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

chr13: 74168651-74168721 [+]

Clustered miRNAs

5 other miRNAs are < 10 kb from ggo-mir-20a

Name	Accession	Chromosome	Start	End	Strand	Confidence

Database links

Mature ggo-miR-20a

Accession	MIMAT0002662
Description	Gorilla gorilla ggo-miR-20a mature miRNA
Sequence	8 - UAAAGUGCUUAUAGUGCAGGUA - 29
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