BMC Genomics

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High throughput approaches reveal splicing of primary microRNA transcripts and tissue specific expression of mature microRNAs in Vitis vinifera

Erica Mica1,2, Viviana Piccolo1, Massimo Delledonne3, Alberto Ferrarini3, Mario Pezzotti4, Cesare Casati1, Cristian Del Fabbro5, Giorgio Valle6, Alberto Policriti7, Michele Morgante5,7, Graziano Pesole8,9, M Enrico Pè2 and David S Horner1*

Author Affiliations

1 Dipartimento di Scienze Biomolecolari e Biotecnologie, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy

2 Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, Italy

3 Dipartimento di Biotecnologie, Università degli Studi di Verona, Verona, Italy

4 Dipartimento di Scienze Tecnologie e Mercati della Vite e Vino, Università degli Studi di Verona, Verona, Italy

5 Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie ed Ambientali, Università degli Studi di Udine, Udine, Italy

6 CRIBI Biotechnology Centre, Dipartimento di Biologia, Università degli Studi di Padova, Padova, Italy

7 Istituto di Genomica Applicata, Udine, Italy

8 Istituto Tecnologie Biomediche, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Bari, Italy

9 Dipartimento di Biochimica e Biologia Molecolare "E. Quagliariello", Università di Bari, Bari, Italy

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BMC Genomics 2009, 10:558 doi:10.1186/1471-2164-10-558

Published: 25 November 2009

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Additional file 1:

Expression data for Vitis vinifera miRNAs. Supplemental Table S1: Frequencies of mapped small RNA reads by size and locus. Supplemental Figure S2: Log expression levels of all predicted miRNAs in all tissues as detected by oligonucleotide array. Supplemental Figure S3: Detailed alignments and frequencies of all small RNA reads mapping to miRNA precursors. Supplemental Table S4: transcript data for 25 Vitis vinifera miRNAs. Supplemental Figure S5: Splice junction read coverage for Vvi-miR394b, Vvi-miR162 and Vvi-miR168.

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Oligonucleotide Array probes for analysis of Vitis vinifera miRNA expression. Supplemental Table S6: All oligonucleotide array probe sequences.

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