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Table 4 Predicted miRNAs and siRNAs in Pgt and wheat and their properties

From: The stem rust fungus Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici induces centromeric small RNAs during late infection that are associated with genome-wide DNA methylation

 

Pgt siRNAs

Pgt miRNAs

Wheat siRNAs

Wheat miRNAs

# of sRNAs

7292

20

361

52

20 nts (5′ A| 5′ U)

26.7% (17% | 74.5%)

0%

8.9% (18.8% | 71.9%)

13.5% (0% | 100%)

21 nts (5′ A| 5′ U)

34.4% (19.3% | 75.7%)

25% (0% | 100%)

47.4% (20.5% | 43.9%)

65.4% (14.7% | 67.6%)

22 nts (5′ A| 5′ U)

31.7% (53.2% | 45.2%)

75% (53.3% | 46.7%)

14.7% (26.4% | 60.4%)

17.3% (0% | 88.9%)

24 nts (5′ A| 5′ U)

0%

0%

25.2% (44% | 22%)

1.9 (0% | 100%)%

Single-stranded sRNAs (either from the + or − genomic strand)

6.2%

100%

64%

100%

Average size of sRNA loci (bp)

1911

513

412

168