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base-pairing in miRNA hairpin

Do some of you know how to get information about which position in a miRNA that is base-paired in the hairpin?

f.ex for mmu-miR-10b-5p, position 2 is not base-paired.

http://www.mirbase.org/cgi-bin/mirna_entry.pl?acc=MI0000221

mirna sequencing alignment

1 answer

Didn't you answer your question yourself?

Take the secondary structure information from miRBase. Or fold them yourself using RNAfold.

So basically you suggest doing it manullay by looking at the stem loop base-pairing?

Well, if you have enough money to check it in-vivo, I would suggest that. :) Otherwise, I would do it in-silico, yes.

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