Table 1

Description of tested miRNAs

Locus
miRBase ID
Primer ID
Orientation
Location
Expression (not size selected)
Expression (size selected)

ame-mir-1
ame-mir-1
ame-mir-1.F
F
M
0.06
N/A
ame-mir-1
ame-mir-1
amir1.F
F
P
1.05
1.28
ame-mir-124
ame-mir-124
miR-124M351
F
M
2.09
0.69
ame-mir-124
ame-mir-124
miR-124M351R
R
M
0.40
0.07
ame-mir-2-1
ame-mir-2-1
ame-mir-2+.F
F
M
7.81
13.55
ame-mir-2-2
ame-mir-2-2





ame-mir-2-3
ame-mir-2-3





ame-mir-2-1
ame-mir-2-1
mir-2:1.1:101712.F
F
P
0.06
0.02
ame-mir-278
ame-mir-278
ame-mir-278.F
F
M
0.37
0
ame-mir-7
ame-mir-7
ame-mir-7.F
F
M
17.95
3.16
ame-mir-7
ame-mir-7
miR-7M112R
F
M
0.06
N/A
ame-mir-9a
ame-mir-9a
ame-mir-9a.F
F
M
23.69
9.58
ame-mir-9b
ame-mir-9b
ame-mir-9b
F
M
0.64
1.95
ame-mir-iab-4
ame-mir-iab-4
ame-miriab4.F
F
P
0.24
0.06
ame-mir-10
ame-mir-10
ame-miR-10
F
M
0.09
N/A
ame-mir-279
ame-mir-279
miR-279M341
F
M
5.53
1.04
ame-mir-279
ame-mir-279
miR-279M341R
R
M
0.56
N/A
ame-mir-283
ame-mir-283
HCmir-283.F
F
M
23.69
17.88
ame-mir-71
ame-mir-71
miR-71.R
R
M
1.70
1.38
ame-mir-87-2
ame-mir-87-2
mir-87:13.12:403730.F
F
P
0.43
0.91
ame-bantam
ame-bantam
banM365
F
M
0.16
0.06
C1504
ame-mir-925
C1504.F
F
M
0.11
0.30
C2989
ame-mir-926
C2989.F
F
M
31.25
N/A
C3345
ame-mir-927
contig3345.R
R
M
0.17
3.63
C4222
ame-mir-928
C4222.F
F
M
N/A
3.39
C5152a
ame-mir-190*
C5152a.F
F
O3
0.52
0.64
C5152a
ame-mir-190*
D+
R
O
1.29
0.20
C5152b
ame-mir-190
C5152b.F
F
P
0
0
C5152b
ame-mir-190
F-
R
P
76.96
25.28
C5303
ame-mir-137
C5303.F
F
O3
2.96
0.74
C5303
ame-mir-137
C+
R
O3
0.15
0.02
C5560
ame-mir-929
C5560.F
F
O
955,568
45,073
C5560
ame-mir-929
A-
R
O3
0.01
0
C5560
ame-mir-929
C5560.R
R
M
0.00
0
C5599
ame-mir-930
C5599b.F
F
M
0.54
0.08
C689
ame-mir-932
amir1.R
F
M
0.23
0.28
C689
ame-mir-932
contig689.F
F
P
20.62
N/A
C689
ame-mir-932
C689.F
R
M
0.16
N/A
C689
ame-mir-932
E+
R
M
N/A
1.69
C2187

C2187.F
F
M
0.98
N/A
C2370

C2370.F
F
M
8.37
N/A
C5581a

C5581a.R
R
M
20.62
N/A
C5581b

C5581b.F
F
M
0.07
0
C5581b

C5581b.R
R
M
22.10
N/A

Orientation is on predicted miRNA (F, forward; R, reverse). Location is within: mature miRNA (M); precursor sequences (P); overlapping mature miRNA with 3' primer end within mature sequence (O); overlapping mature miRNA but with 3' primer end in precursor (O3). Expression levels for pooled queen and worker samples are described in the text. The last two columns are normalized expression estimates for pooled RNA that either had or had not been size-selected by PAGE to include sizes from 18-30 nt. *C5152a is the reverse complement of ame-mir-190. C2187 and C2370 met thermodynamic criteria, but did not meet miRBase folding criteria. Denotes U4 spliceosome RNA. The expression levels are scaled to the average of all primers.

Weaver et al. Genome Biology 2007 8:R97   doi:10.1186/gb-2007-8-6-r97