MicroRNA IDs to Sequence

Description

mirbaseSEQUENCE is an R object that provides mappings between microRNA identifiers and their precursor sequence (stem-loop).

Details

Each microRNA identifier maps to a unique character string representing the precursor (stem-loop) sequence of the microRNA. A graphical representation of the folded sequence can be found by using mirbaseHAIRPIN.

Source: miRBase (Version: 19) ftp://mirbase.org/pub/mirbase/CURRENT/ With a date stamp from the source of: 01 Aug 2012

See Also

mirbaseHAIRPIN

Examples

    x <- mirbaseSEQUENCE
    # Get the microRNA identifiers that are mapped to a SEQUENCE
    mapped_keys <- mappedkeys(x)
    # Convert to a list
    xx <- as.list(x[mapped_keys])
    if(length(xx) > 0) {
        # Get the SEQUENCE for the first five entries
        xx[1:5]
    }