In silico identification of conserved miRNAs in the genome of fibre biogenesis crop Corchorus capsularis.

ABSTRACT: Corchorus capsularis, commonly known as jute occupies the leading position in the production of natural fibre alongside lower environmental threat. Small noncoding ~21 to 24 nucleotides long microRNAs play significant roles in regulating the gene expression as well as different functions in cellular growth and development. Here, the study adopted a comprehensive in silico approach to identify and characterize the conserved miRNAs in the genome of C. capsularis including functional annotation of specific gene targets. Expressed Sequence Tags (ESTs) based homology search of 3350 known miRNAs of dicotyledons were allowed against 763 non-redundant ESTs of jute genome, resulted in the prediction of 5 potential miRNA candidates belonging five different miRNA families (miR1536, miR9

SUBMITTER: Ahmed M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8045047 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature