title: Identification of conserved microRNAs and their targets in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.).
abstract: The microRNAs (miRNAs) are a new class of non-protein coding small RNAs that regulate gene expression at the post-transcriptional level in plants. Although thousands of miRNAs have been identified in many plant species, little studies have been reported about chickpea microRNAs. In this study, 28 potential miRNA candidates belonging to 20 families were identified from 16 ESTs and 12 GSSs in chickpea using a comparative genome-based computational analysis. A total of 664 miRNA targets were predicted and some of them encoded transcription factors as well as genes that function in stress response, signal transduction, methylation and a variety of other metabolic processes. These findings lay the foundation for further understanding of miRNA function in the development of chickpea.
authors: State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice; College of Life Sciences; Wuhan University; Wuhan, P.R. China.
authors: Jihong
authors: J
authors: Hu
authors: Lulu
authors: L
authors: Sun
authors: Yi
authors: Y
authors: Ding
mesh_terms: D029863:Cicer / Q000235:genetics*; D017124:Conserved Sequence; D020224:Expressed Sequence Tags; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling; D018506:Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; D017343:Genes, Plant; D018745:Genome, Plant; D008745:Methylation; D035683:MicroRNAs; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D018749:RNA, Plant; D015398:Signal Transduction; D013312:Stress, Physiological / Q000235:genetics; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D035683:MicroRNAs; D010940:Plant Proteins; D018749:RNA, Plant; D014157:Transcription Factors
keywords: chickpea; comparative genomics; gene ontology; miRNA; targets