Naming of miRNA - (Dec/10/2008 )
Why are there some miRNAs with an asterisk, e.g. hsa-miR-629 and hsa-miR-629*? what's the difference between the two?
Also, what's the naming system of miRNA? Are they named in the order of their discovery, or by random?
Samantha
-Samantha-
QUOTE (Samantha @ Dec 10 2008, 01:43 AM)
Why are there some miRNAs with an asterisk, e.g. hsa-miR-629 and hsa-miR-629*? what's the difference between the two?
Also, what's the naming system of miRNA? Are they named in the order of their discovery, or by random?
Samantha
Also, what's the naming system of miRNA? Are they named in the order of their discovery, or by random?
Samantha
try this link, it should help you.
bye
Fizban
http://microrna.sanger.ac.uk/sequences/hel...enclature.shtml
-Fizban-
THank you very much
Samantha
-Samantha-