Table 3.

Characteristics of selected candidate genes for functional analysis

Columns contain the name of candidate genes, sequence similarities (+, nucleotide similarities in N species independent of encoded sORFsl N(XX), number of species containing a conserved sORF of XX amino-acids in Arabidopsis; see Methods), the values of the Z-scores (statistically significant stable RNA secondary structure were selected, Z-scores > 5), tissue specificity (+, preferentially expressed), regulation in response to stress condition (+, up-regulated; P, phosphate starvation; H₂O, water stress; NaCl, salt stress; Dcl1, dicer-like1 mutant), and their capacity to encode small RNAs (yes or no).

^aBrassica napus (a plant close to Arabidopsis).