Fig. 3.

The miRNA-binding site distribution in the mammalian transcriptome as revealed by different global analyses of RNAs immunoprecipitated with Ago proteins. The method, reference and experimental basics are given for each analysis. The main miRNA targets are found in mRNAs and were mapped to 5′UTR, CDS and 3′UTR regions (approximate shares of these reads are given in the pie charts). A group of “other” reads contains different non-coding RNAs: pseudogenes, intronic and intragenic sequences