Table 1.

C. sinensis miRNA identification by homolog search

New miRNA	Query miRNA	GenBank acc. No.	Tissue type	Arm	SP	EP	ME	Mature sequence*	E value	PL	A+U (%)	MFE (kcal/mol)	MFEI
miR156	aly-miR157a-5p	HS396956.1	Leaf	5′	212	232	20/21	UUGACAGAAGAUAGAGAGCAu	1.00E−04	100	54.00	45.80	1.00
miR171a	ptc-miR171k	FS948108.1	Roots	3′	273	293	20/21	GGAUUGAGCCGCGCCAAUAUu	1.00E−04	100	65.00	39.20	1.12
miR171b	ptc-miR171k	FS948109.1	Roots	5′	163	143	20/21	GGAUUGAGCCGCGCCAAUAUu	1.00E−04	97	63.92	40.40	1.15
miR397	osa-miR397b	CV699725.1	Leaf	5′	99	79	21/21	UUAUUGAGUGCAGCGUUGAUG	3.00E−05	126	59.52	39.20	0.77
miR399	osa-miR399j	FS958856.1	Young leaves	3′	109	129	20/21	UGCCAAaGGAGAGUUGCCCUA	8.00E−03	103	51.46	52.80	1.06
miR2863	osa-miR2863a	FS950435.1	Roots	5’	37	57	18/21	UauaUAUUGUUGAAAUGGCUU	8.00E−03	85	64.71	21.50	0.72
miR2911a	nta-miR2911	JK476023.1	Leaf	3′	364	383	20/20	GGCCGGGGGACGGACUGGGA	1.00E−04	97	22.68	65.40	0.87
miR2911b	nta-miR2911	FS953337.1	Shoot stems	3′	177	196	20/20	GGCCGGGGGACGGACUGGGA	1.00E−04	97	23.71	69.20	0.94
miR5021a	ath-miR5021	GW690847.1	Bud	3′	256	237	18/20	aGAGAAGAAGAAGAAGAAAg	2.00E−03	195	55.90	71.90	0.84
miR5021b	ath-miR5021	GE651759.1	Tender root	5′	73	92	18/20	aGAGAAGAAGAAGAAGAAAg	2.00E−03	201	56.22	72.20	0.82
miR5368a	gma-miR5368	GE653011.1	Tender root	3'	505	523	19/19	GGACAGUCUCAGGUAGACA	4.00E-04	163	42.33	76.10	0.81
miR5368b	gma-miR5368	FS945766.1	Mature leaves	3′	196	214	19/19	GGACAGUCUCAGGUAGACA	4.00E-04	144	42.36	68.50	0.83
miR6483a	hbr-miR6483	HS398296.1	Leaf	5′	253	232	21/22	UAUUGUAGAAAUUUUCgGGAUC	2.00E−03	101	62.38	29.80	0.78
miR6483b	hbr-miR6483	JK714410.1	Leaf	5′	303	282	21/22	UAUUGUAGAAAUUUUCgGGAUC	2.00E−03	110	63.64	30.00	0.75

^*Lowercase letters in mature sequence mean mismatch

SP: start point; EP: end point; ME: match extent; PL: pre-miRNA length; MFE: minimal folding free energy; MFEI: MFE index