(A) pre-miR-430Ago2 hairpin is able to repress endogenous target genes independently of trimming. Cumulative distributions of fold changes between wild-type embryos and uninjected or injected MZdicer embryos for 122 validated miR-430 targets are shown. The cumulative distribution of non-target genes in wild type / MZdicer is plotted as a reference (grey line). See also Table S1.
(B) Venn diagram showing the number of miR-430 targets that are repressed in wild-type embryos or in MZdicer embryos injected with miR-430 duplex, pre-miR-430Ago2 hairpin or pre-miR-430Ago2 hairpin 3×PS compared to uninjected MZdicer embryos.
(C) Trimming has a negligible effect on target selection. Genes that are expressed >5 rpkm and over-repressed >2-fold by pre-miR-430Ago2 hairpin or pre-miR-430Ago2 hairpin 3×PS compared to miR-430 duplex are shown in red.