Stem-loop aae-mir-981

Accession

MI0013473

Description

Aedes aegypti aae-mir-981 precursor miRNA

Literature search

2 open access papers mention aae-mir-981
(3 sentences)

Sequence

19647 reads, 997 reads per million, 2 experiments

aaaccuugccuggaucggguuucgcggcgaacgggcuuccaccaugaugaauagcagUUCGUUGUCGACGAAACCUGCAcauugcaaggca
...((((((.((...(((((((((((((.((((((((..................)))))))))))).)))))))))..))..))))))..

Structure

aaa      -c  gau         -    g        uccaccau 
   ccuugc  ug   cggguuucg cggc aacgggcu        g
   ||||||  ||   ||||||||| |||| ||||||||         
   ggaacg  ac   GUCCAAAGC GCUG UUGCUUga        a
-ac      uu  -AC         A    -        cgauaagu 

Annotation confidence Low

Comments

This miRNA was identified independently in Aedes aegypti [1] and in the closely related Aedes albopictus, for which there was no genome sequence [2]. The latter reads were therefore also mapped to the Aedes aegypti genome [2].

Genome context

supercont1.127: 638368-638458 [-]

Mature aae-miR-981

• Accession: MIMAT0014267
• Description: Aedes aegypti aae-miR-981 mature miRNA
• Sequence: 58 - UUCGUUGUCGACGAAACCUGCA - 79
• Evidence: experimental ; 454 [1], Illumina [2]

References

1. PubMed ID: 19961592
   Direct sequencing and expression analysis of a large number of miRNAs in Aedes aegypti and a multi-species survey of novel mosquito miRNAs
   Li S, Mead EA, Liang S, Tu Z
   BMC Genomics (2009) 10:581


2. PubMed ID: 20167119
   Identification of microRNAs expressed in two mosquito vectors, Aedes albopictus and Culex quinquefasciatus
   Skalsky RL, Vanlandingham DL, Scholle F, Higgs S, Cullen BR
   BMC Genomics (2010) 11:119