miRBase entry: ppy-mir-19a

Stem-loop ppy-mir-19a

Accession

MI0002991

Description

Pongo pygmaeus ppy-mir-19a precursor miRNA

Sequence

gcaguccucuguuaguuuugcauaguugcacuacaagaagaauguaguUGUGCAAAUCUAUGCAAAACUGAugguggccugc
((((.((.(((((((((((((((((((((((((((.......))))...))))))..))))))))))))))))).)).))))

Structure

    u  u                 --      ---    ag 
gcag cc cuguuaguuuugcauag  uugcac   uaca  a
|||| || |||||||||||||||||  ||||||   ||||  a
cguc gg gguAGUCAAAACGUAUC  AACGUG   augu  g
    c  u                 UA      Uug    aa

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: 93460316-93460397 [+]

Clustered miRNAs

5 other miRNAs are < 10 kb from ppy-mir-19a

Name	Accession	Chromosome	Start	End	Strand	Confidence

Database links

Mature ppy-miR-19a

Accession	MIMAT0002689
Description	Pongo pygmaeus ppy-miR-19a mature miRNA
Sequence	49 - UGUGCAAAUCUAUGCAAAACUGA - 71
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