Stem-loop ppy-mir-18a

Accession

MI0002990

Description

Pongo pygmaeus ppy-mir-18a precursor miRNA

Sequence

uguucUAAGGUGCAUCUAGUGCAGAUAgugaaguagauuagcaucuacugcccuaagugcuccuucuggca
((((..((((.((((.(((.((((.(((((..(.....)..)).))))))).))).)))).))))..))))

Structure

    cU    U    C   U    A   -  aa u 
uguu  AAGG GCAU UAG GCAG UAg ug  g a
||||  |||| |||| ||| |||| ||| ||  | g
acgg  uucc cgug auc cguc auc ac  u a
    uc    u    a   c    -   u  ga u 

Annotation confidence Not enough data

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: 93460176-93460246 [+]

Clustered miRNAs

5 other miRNAs are < 10 kb from ppy-mir-18a

Mature ppy-miR-18a

• Accession: MIMAT0002688
• Description: Pongo pygmaeus ppy-miR-18a mature miRNA
• Sequence: 6 - UAAGGUGCAUCUAGUGCAGAUA - 27
• Evidence: not_experimental

References

1. 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