Stem-loop aae-mir-252

Accession

MI0013438

Description

Aedes aegypti aae-mir-252 precursor miRNA

Gene family

MIPF0000285; mir-252

Literature search

3 open access papers mention aae-mir-252
(6 sentences)

Sequence

49224 reads, 2550 reads per million, 2 experiments

gaauucuuuacUAAGUACUAGUGCCGCAGGAGagauuugaacccCUGCUGCCCAAGUGCUUAUCGaagagu
..(((((((..((((((((.(.((.(((((.............))))).)).).))))))))..)))))))

Structure

ga       ac        A U  C     AGaga 
  auucuuu  UAAGUACU G GC GCAGG     u
  |||||||  |||||||| | || |||||     u
  ugagaaG  AUUCGUGA C CG CGUCc     u
--       CU        A C  U     ccaag 

Annotation confidence High

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

supercont1.56: 1580021-1580091 [-]

Mature aae-miR-252-5p

• Accession: MIMAT0014216
• Description: Aedes aegypti aae-miR-252-5p mature miRNA
• Sequence: 12 - UAAGUACUAGUGCCGCAGGAG - 32
• Evidence: experimental ; 454 [1], Illumina [2]

Mature aae-miR-252-3p

• Accession: MIMAT0014217
• Description: Aedes aegypti aae-miR-252-3p mature miRNA
• Sequence: 45 - CUGCUGCCCAAGUGCUUAUCG - 65
• 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