Table 2

Conserved wheat miRNA families homologous to known miRNAs from other plant species

miRNA family

Name

Sequence(5'-3')*

Length (nt)

Pri-miRNA EST no.

Conserved in other plants


Rice

Arabidopsis

Maize

Sorghum


156/157

TaMIR156a

UGACAGAAGAGAGUGAGCAC

20

Not found

++

++

++

++

TaMIR156k

UUGACAGAAGAGAGUGAGCA

20

+

+

+

+

Ta MIR156m

UGACAGAAGAGAGUGAGCCU

20

+

+

+

+

159

TaMIR159a

UUUGGAUUGAAGGGAGCUCUG

21

CA731881

++

+

++

++

TaMIR159b

UUUGGAUUGAAGGGAGCUCUU

21

CA484819 CA682604

+

++

+

+

160

TaMIR160

UGCCUGGCUCCCUGUAUGCCA

21

CJ641547

++

++

++

++

164

TaMIR164a

UGGAGAAGCAGGGUACGUGCA

21

CA704421

++

++

++

++

165

TaMIR165

UCGGACCAGGCUUCAUCCCC

20

Not found

+

166

TaMIR166b

UCGGACCAGGCUUCAUUCCC

20

Not found

++

++

++

++

TaMIR166g

UCGGACCAGGCUUCAAUCCC

20

++

++

++

++

167

TaMIR167a

UGAAGCUGCCAGCAUGAUCUA

21

CK209908

++

++

++

++

TaMIR167g

UGAAGCUGCCAGCAUGAUCUG

21

CK209889

++

++

++

++

TaMIR167m

UGAAGCUGCCAGCAUGAUCUGA

22

+

+

+

+

168

TaMIR168a

UCGCUUGGUGCAGAUCGGGAC

21

Not found

++

+

++

++

TaMIR168b

UCGCUUGGUGCAGAUCGGGAU

21

+

+

+

+

169

TaMIR169a

CAGCCAAGGAUGACUUGCCGA

21

BJ225371

++

++

++

++

TaMIR169b

CAGCCAAGGAUGACUUGCCGG

21

++

++

++

++

TaMIR169n

ACAGCCAAGGAUGACUUGCCG

21

+

+

+

+

TaMIR169m

UAGCCAAGGAUGACUUGCCUG

21

++

++

++

++

TaMIR169o

UAGCCAAGGAUGACUUGCCUA

21

++

++

++

++

170/171

TaMIR171a

UGAUUGAGCCGUGCCAAUAUC

21

CD910903

++

++

++

++

TaMIR171b

UUGAGCCGUGCCAAUAUCACG

21

+

++

+

+

TaMIR171h

GUGAGCCGAACCAAUAUCACU

21

++

+

++

++

172

TaMIR172a

AGAAUCUUGAUGAUGCUGCAU

21

Not found

++

++

++

++

TaMIR172n

GAAUCUUGAUGAUGCUGCAU

20

+

+

+

+

TaMIR172c

UGAAUCUUGAUGAUGCUGCAU

21

+

+

+

+

319

TaMIR319a

UUGGACUGAAGGGUGCUCCC

20

Not found

++

+

++

++

TaMIR319d

UUUGGAUUGAAGGGAGCUCU

20

Not found

390

TaMIR390

AAGCUCAGGAGGGAUAGCGCC

21

Not found

++

++

393

TaMIR393

UCCAAAGGGAUCGCAUUGAUC

21

Not found

++

++

++

++

396

TaMIR396a

UUCCACAGCUUUCUUGAACUG

21

Not found

++

++

++

++

397

TaMIR397

UUGAGUGCAGCGUUGAUGAA

20

Not found

+

+

399

TaMIR399

UGCCAAAGGAGAAUUGCCC

19

CJ666653

+

+

+

+

408

TaMIR408

CUGCACUGCCUCUUCCCUGGC

22

BE419354

++

++

++

444

TaMIR444

UUGCUGCCUCAAGCUUGCUGC

21

CK200584

++

CA596074

BE405735

479

TaMIR479

AGUGAUAUUGGUCCGGCUCAUU

22

Not found


The sequences given in this table represent the longest miRNA sequences identified by cloning and 454 sequencing. *The underlined nucleotides represent the non-conserved nucleotides among wheat and other plant species. The plus symbols indicate: ++, miRNA sequences of wheat were exactly identical to those in other species; +, miRNA sequences of wheat were conserved in other species but have variations in some nucleotide positions.

Yao et al. Genome Biology 2007 8:R96   doi:10.1186/gb-2007-8-6-r96

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