Basic Information

Symbol
hsa-miR-526a-5p
RNA class
miRNA mature miRNA
Alias
hsa-miR-526a MIR526A MicroRNA 526a
Location (GRCh38)
-
Forensic tag(s)
Tissue/body fluid identification
External database
miRBase RNAcentral

Sequence & Structure

Transcript ID
hsa-miR-526a-5p
Sequence length
22 nt
GC content
0.5000
Forensic Context

A review of miRNA profiling for forensic body fluid identification in humans notes that the mir-526a is highly expressed in serum during pregnancy and is considered a pregnancy-associated biomarker [Silva et al. DOI:10.1016/J.Fsigen.2014.09.002].