Stem-loop aae-mir-279

Accession

MI0013494

Description

Aedes aegypti aae-mir-279 precursor miRNA

Sequence

37116 reads, 1910 reads per million, 2 experiments

acaucccaacgguugucgaugggugugaaucuaguguuucacaugauuuucgauagccugUGACUAGAUCCACACUCAUUAAcaaaaguugccgg
......((((..((((.((((((((((.((((((....(((((.(.((......))).))))))))))).)))))))))).))))..))))....

Structure

acaucc    gg    c          a      uguu     u a  uu 
      caac  uugu gaugggugug aucuag    ucaca g uu  c
      ||||  |||| |||||||||| ||||||    ||||| | ||   
      guug  aacA UUACUCACAC UAGAUC    AGUgu c ga  g
--ggcc    aa    A          C      ----     c -  ua 

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

supercont1.437: 572245-572339 [-]

Clustered miRNAs

1 other miRNA is < 10 kb from aae-mir-279

Mature aae-miR-279

• Accession: MIMAT0014288
• Description: Aedes aegypti aae-miR-279 mature miRNA
• Sequence: 61 - UGACUAGAUCCACACUCAUUAA - 82
• 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