miRBase entry: ptr-mir-20a

Stem-loop ptr-mir-20a

Accession

MI0002998

Description

Pan troglodytes ptr-mir-20a precursor miRNA

Literature search

7 open access papers mention ptr-mir-20a
(12 sentences)

Sequence

1174 reads, 18.0 reads per million, 24 experiments

guagcacUAAAGUGCUUAUAGUGCAGGUAGUguuuaguuaucuACUGCAUUAUGAGCACUUAAAGUacugc
((((.(((.(((((((((((((((((.(((...........))))))))))))))))))))..))).))))

Structure

    c   -A                 G   Uguu 
guag acU  AAGUGCUUAUAGUGCAG UAG    u
|||| |||  ||||||||||||||||| |||    a
cguc UGA  UUCACGAGUAUUACGUC Auc    g
    a   AA                 -   uauu

Annotation confidence High

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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: 77007171-77007241 [+]

Clustered miRNAs

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

Name	Accession	Chromosome	Start	End	Strand	Confidence

Database links

Mature ptr-miR-20a-5p

Accession	MIMAT0002697
Description	Pan troglodytes ptr-miR-20a-5p mature miRNA
Sequence	8 - UAAAGUGCUUAUAGUGCAGGUAGU - 31
Evidence	not_experimental

Mature ptr-miR-20a-3p

Accession	MIMAT0052243
Description	Pan troglodytes ptr-miR-20a-3p mature miRNA
Sequence	44 - ACUGCAUUAUGAGCACUUAAAGU - 66
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