Figure 4.

Expression patterns of the newly identified putative miRNAs in rice seedlings. (a-b), Small RNA blots of low molecular weight RNA isolated from rice seedlings which were untreated (control) or treated with salt or drought stress. The blots were probed with ³²P-end-labelled oligonucleotides; (c-g) Blots of low molecular weight RNA isolated from untreated rice seedlings in duplicates. The blots were stripped and re-probed with U6 as loading controls.