Integrating microRNA and mRNA expression profiling in Symbiodinium, the dinoflagellate symbiont of reef-building corals (smRNA)

ABSTRACT: Animal and plant genomes produce numerous small RNAs (smRNAs) regulating gene expression affecting metabolism, development, and epigenetic inheritance. In order to characterize the repertoire of endogenous microRNAs and potential gene targets, we conducted smRNA and mRNA expression profiling over nine experimental treatments of cultures from the dinoflagellate Symbiodinium sp. A1, a photosynthetic symbiont of scleractinian corals. We identified a total of 75 novel smRNAs in Symbiodinum sp. A1 that share stringent key features with functional microRNAs from other model organisms. A subset of 38 smRNAs was predicted independently over all nine treatments and their putative gene targets were identified. We found 3,187 animal-like target sites in the 3'UTRs of 12,858 mRNAs and 53 plant-like ta

ORGANISM(S): Symbiodinium sp. A1

SUBMITTER: Till Bayer 

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-47373 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress