Stem-loop aae-mir-988

Accession

MI0013487

Description

Aedes aegypti aae-mir-988 precursor miRNA

Gene family

MIPF0000724; mir-988

Literature search

2 open access papers mention aae-mir-988
(4 sentences)

Sequence

947 reads, 49 reads per million, 2 experiments

gcugcggguGUGUGCUUUGUGACAAUGAGAuucgguucgauaucauCCCCUUGUUGCAAACCUCACGCuugcggu
((((((((((((.(.((((((((((.((((((((...))).))).))...)))))))))).).))))))))))))

Structure

            U C          --U  -   -   g 
gcugcggguGUG G UUUGUGACAA   GA GAu ucg  
|||||||||||| | ||||||||||   || ||| ||| u
uggcguuCGCAC C AAACGUUGUU   Cu cua agc  
            U C          CCC  a   u   u 

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

supercont1.442: 623050-623124 [-]

Mature aae-miR-988-5p

• Accession: MIMAT0014280
• Description: Aedes aegypti aae-miR-988-5p mature miRNA
• Sequence: 10 - GUGUGCUUUGUGACAAUGAGA - 30
• Evidence: experimental ; 454 [1], Illumina [2]

Mature aae-miR-988-3p

• Accession: MIMAT0014281
• Description: Aedes aegypti aae-miR-988-3p mature miRNA
• Sequence: 47 - CCCCUUGUUGCAAACCUCACGC - 68
• 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