Basic Information

Symbol
hsa-miR-20a-3p
RNA class
miRNA mature miRNA
Alias
hsa-miR-20a MIR20A MicroRNA 20a
Location (GRCh38)
-
Forensic tag(s)
Wound age identification Individual identification (including monozygotic twins identification)
External database
miRBase RNAcentral

Sequence & Structure

Transcript ID
hsa-miR-20a-3p
Sequence length
22 nt
GC content
0.3636
Forensic Context

A study in humans demonstrated that the miR-20a-3p is upregulated six hours post-burn in heat-shocked skin epidermal stem cells compared to controls [Siu et al. DOI:10.1111/wrr.13100]. A study in humans demonstrated that the miR-20a-3p was differentially expressed and shared across two pairs of monozygotic twins, suggesting a role in distinguishing genetically identical individuals [Xiao et al. DOI:10.1016/j.fsigen.2019.05.003].