'MicroRNA Targets', a new AthaMap web-tool for genome-wide identification of miRNA targets in Arabidopsis thaliana.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The AthaMap database generates a genome-wide map for putative transcription factor binding sites for A. thaliana. When analyzing transcriptional regulation using AthaMap it may be important to learn which genes are also post-transcriptionally regulated by inhibitory RNAs. Therefore, a unified database for transcriptional and post-transcriptional regulation will be highly useful for the analysis of gene expression regulation.

Methods

To identify putative microRNA target sites in the genome of A. thaliana, processed mature miRNAs from 243 annotated miRNA genes were used for screening with the psRNATarget web server. Positional information, target genes and the psRNATarget score for each target site were annotated to the AthaMap database. Furthermore, putative target

SUBMITTER: Bulow L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3410767 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature