Cloning and characterization of microRNAs from wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)

Yingyin Yao^{* 1,2} , Ganggang Guo^{* 1,2} , Zhongfu Ni^1,2 , Ramanjulu Sunkar³ , Jinkun Du^1,2 , Jian-Kang Zhu⁴ and Qixin Sun^1,2

¹Key Laboratory of Crop Heterosis and Utilization (MOE) and State Key Laboratory for Agrobiotechnology, Key Laboratory of Crop Genomics and Genetic Improvement (MOA), Beijing Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100094, China

²National Plant Gene Research Centre (Beijing), Beijing 100094, China

³Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK74078, USA

⁴Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA