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miRBase Version 15.0 is Released

by Chris on April 26, 2010

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UPDATE: miRBase version 18 is the current version
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April 26th, 2010 – miRBase microRNA Sequence Database Updated to Release 15.0

The latest version (15.0) of the miRBase sequence database for known miRNAs was released today.

miRBase 15 is freely available at http://www.mirbase.org/. You can find a quick summary for the new release at ftp://mirbase.org/pub/mirbase/CURRENT/README.

Highlights of the new release:

  • Release 15 represents a major update to the database increasing the number of mature miRNA sequences by a full 48% over release 14.0.
  • This latest release features a total of 15,632 mature miRNA sequences.
  • The number of verified microRNAs has increased from 10,883 to 14,197 hairpin precursor miRNAs.
  • 18 new species have been added bringing the total to 133 species.
  • Many sequences have been updated or revised.
  • New sequences have been added to important model species – Human (219), Mouse (11), Rat (1), Drosophila (218), Nematode sp. (311), Arabidopsis (9).
  • New sequences have been added to important agricultural species – Cow (50), Pig (98), Silkworm (396), Peanut (23), Cotton sp.(24), Orange sp.(25), Rice (33), Sorghum (8), Corn (61).
  • A total of 526 new plant sequences and 53 new virus sequences
  • Other important new species include – Zebra Finch, Japanese Killifish, Yellow Fever & West Nile Mosquitos, Castor Oil Plant

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