Stem-loop sequence ola-mir-221

Accession MI0019415
Description Oryzias latipes miR-221 stem-loop
Gene family MIPF0000051; mir-221
Community annotation

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In molecular biology mir-221 microRNA (and it's paralogue, mir-222) is a short RNA molecule. MicroRNAs function to regulate the expression levels of other genes by several mechanisms. mir-221 is an oncogenic microRNA. It targets CD117, which then prevents cell migration and proliferation in endothelial cells. miR-221 is known as an anti angiogenic miRNA. Recent important studies have reported that miR-221 is also involved in induction of angiogenesis. RNA induced Silencing Complex (RISC) proteins SND1 and AEG-1 induces miR-221 expression in Liver cancer. In liver cancer miR-221 induces the tumor angiogenesis.

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Stem-loop
--ccguccauga    uu     -  ug   u         uauu     u  g 
            ggag  cugga cc  gca acaguguag    cugug gc u
            ||||  ||||| ||  ||| |||||||||    ||||| ||  
            ccuc  gacuu gg  cgu uguuacauc    gacau ug c
gcucugaacuca    cg     u  gu   c         ----     c  c 
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Genome context
Coordinates (MEDAKA1) Overlapping transcripts
2: 28254368-28254470 [-]
intergenic
Clustered miRNAs
< 10kb from ola-mir-221
ola-mir-222 2: 28254507-28254612 [-]
ola-mir-221 2: 28254368-28254470 [-]

Mature sequence ola-miR-221

Accession MIMAT0022530
Sequence

61 - 

agcuacauugucugcuggguuuc

 - 83

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Evidence experimental; SOLiD [1]

References

1
PMID:21143817 "Discovery and characterization of medaka miRNA genes by next generation sequencing platform" Li SC, Chan WC, Ho MR, Tsai KW, Hu LY, Lai CH, Hsu CN, Hwang PP, Lin WC BMC Genomics. 11 Suppl 4:S8(2010).