Stem-loop ppy-mir-20a

Accession

MI0002992

Description

Pongo pygmaeus ppy-mir-20a precursor miRNA

Literature search

1 open access papers mention ppy-mir-20a
(2 sentences)

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

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: 93460490-93460560 [+]

Clustered miRNAs

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

Mature ppy-miR-20a

• Accession: MIMAT0002690
• Description: Pongo pygmaeus ppy-miR-20a mature miRNA
• Sequence: 8 - UAAAGUGCUUAUAGUGCAGGUA - 29
• 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