miRBase entry: aae-mir-996

Stem-loop aae-mir-996


Accession
MI0013460
Description
Aedes aegypti aae-mir-996 precursor miRNA

Literature search
2 open access papers mention aae-mir-996
(4 sentences)

Sequence

117270 reads, 6016 reads per million, 2 experiments
aacucaauuuucgucggcgugcaugaaucuggugcacgguuuuccaguuguaauaucgcuucgUGACUAGAUUACAUGCUCGUCuaugaaguugagau
..((((((((.(((.((((.(((((((((((((.(((((.....................))))))))))))).))))).)))).)))))))))))..

Structure
aa        u   c    u     -        g     uuuuccagu 
  cucaauuu cgu ggcg gcaug aaucuggu cacgg         u
  |||||||| ||| |||| ||||| |||||||| |||||         g
  gaguugaa gua CUGC CGUAC UUAGAUCA GUgcu         u
ua        -   u    U     A        -     ucgcuauaa 


Annotation confidence Not enough data
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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: 567493-567590 [-]
Clustered miRNAs
1 other miRNA is < 10 kb from aae-mir-996
Name Accession Chromosome Start End Strand Confidence




Database links

Mature aae-miR-996

Accession MIMAT0014251
Description Aedes aegypti aae-miR-996 mature miRNA
Sequence 64 - UGACUAGAUUACAUGCUCGUC - 84
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