Table 4.

Expression patterns of miRNAs without the fold-back predicted citrus miRNA from Arabidopsis

miRNA gene	miRNA sequence (5′→3′)	Length (nt)	Fold-back	Expression
				Citrusreticulata					Poncirus trifoliate
				Leaf	Flower	Young shoot	Fruit	Mix	Leaf	Young shoot	Root	Mix
miR158	UCCCAAAUGUAGACAAAGCA	20	N	ne	ne	ne	ne	ne	ne	ne	ne	ne
miR159	UUUGGAUUGAAGGGAGCUCUA	21	N	le	ne	ne	ne	ne	se	he	se	he
miR161	UUGAAAGUGACUACAUCGGGG	21	N	ne	ne	ne	ne	ne	he	me	me	me
miR162	UCGAUAAACCUCUGCAUCCAG	21	N	ne	ne	ne	ne	ne	le	ne	ne	le
miR163	UUGAAGAGGACUUGGAACUUCGAU	24	N	ne	ne	ne	ne	ne	se	he	me	he
miR173	UUCGCUUGCAGAGAGAAAUCAC	22	N	le	ne	ne	le	me	he	me	le	he
miR390	AAGCUCAGGAGGGAUAGCGCC	21	N	le	le	le	he	le	me	me	he	me
miR391	UUCGCAGGAGAGAUAGCGCCA	21	N	le	ne	ne	le	le	le	le	le	me
miR393	UCCAAAGGGAUCGCAUUGAUC	21	N	he	he	he	me	me	se	se	he	he
miR394	UUGGCAUUCUGUCCACCUCC	20	N	me	le	le	le	me	se	se	le	he
miR395	CUGAAGUGUUUGGGGGAACUC	21	N	ne	ne	ne	ne	ne	le	ne	ne	le
miR397	UCAUUGAGUGCAGCGUUGAUG	21	N	ne	ne	ne	ne	ne	le	le	ne	le

Strength of expression: he high expression, le low expression, me moderate expression, ne no expression, se strong expression, N no, Y yes