Table 1. Query S. meliloti sRNA sequences.

Name	Alternative namesa	5′-endb,c	3′-endb	Length (nt)
Smr7C	Sra03/Sm13/SmelC023	201,679	201,828	150
Smr9C	Sra32/Sm10/SmelC289	1398,425	1398,277	149
Smr14C	Sm7/SmelC397	1,667,613	1,667,491	123
Smr15C	Sra41/Sm3/SmelC411	1,698,731	1,698,617	115
Smr16C	Sra41/Sm3′/SmelC412	1,698,937	1,698,817	121
Smr35B	SmB6/SmelC053	577,730	577,868	139
Smr45C	SmelC706	3,105,445	3,105,298d	148
Smr22C	Sra56/Sm1/SmelC667/6S	2,972,251	2,972,091c	161

^a Alternative reported names for the Smr transcripts;^7-9

^b Coordinates according to the S. meliloti 1021 genome database at http://iant.toulouse.inra.fr/bacteria/annotation/cgi/rhime.cgi or www.rhizogate.de;

^c RACE-based mapping_ENREF_32;⁶

^d Deep-sequencing data⁹