Table 3.
Expression levels of exogenous plant miRNAs in common plant foods
| Exogenous miRNAs | Brassica napus | Glycine max | Oryza sativa | Sorghum bicolor | Solanum lycopersicum | Vitis vinifera | Zea mays |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| miR156a | √ | √ | 2.72E+05 | 3.09E+02 | 2.98E+03 | 2.08E+03 | 1.24E+03 |
| miR156g | √ | √ | 2.72E+05 | 1.34E+03 | NA | 1.78E+03 | 572 |
| miR157a | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| miR157d | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| miR159a | NA | √ | 5.91E+03 | 966 | NA | 8.02 | 6.41E+03 |
| miR160a | √ | √ | 1.32E+03 | 3.1 | 75.6 | 32.7 | 12.7 |
| miR162a | √ | √ | NA | NA | NA | 1.04E+04 | NA |
| miR164a | √ | √ | 3.99E+03 | 81.3 | 1.81E+04 | 301 | 88 |
| miR164c | √ | √ | 3.41E+03 | 22.9 | NA | 1.24E+04 | 51.1 |
| miR165a | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| miR166a | √ | √ | 4.03E+04 | 643 | 2.92E+05 | 2.25E+04 | 8.00E+03 |
| miR167a | √ | √ | 1.51E+04 | 1.66E+03 | 1.42E+04 | 1.34E+03 | 1.29E+03 |
| miR167d | √ | √ | 1.57E+04 | 3.02E+03 | NA | 548 | 180 |
| miR168a | √ | √ | 3.58E+05 | NA | √ | NA | 1.47E+05 |
| miR169a | √ | √ | 8.17E+03 | 387 | 47.4 | 23 | 318 |
| miR169b | √ | √ | 9.83E+03 | 120 | NA | 4.59 | 58.8 |
| miR169h | √ | NA | NA | NA | NA | 104 | NA |
| miR171a | √ | √ | 3.24E+03 | 12.3 | 206 | 212 | √ |
| miR171c | √ | √ | 2.71E+03 | NA | 85.3 | 536 | 17 |
| miR172a | √ | √ | 1.72E+04 | 6.44E+03 | 1.27E+04 | 8.6 | 73.3 |
| miR172c | √ | √ | 1.48E+04 | 91.3 | NA | 3.21E+03 | 5.28E+03 |
| miR390a | √ | √ | NA | NA | 2.83E+03 | NA | 236 |
| miR394a | √ | √ | NA | 155 | NA | 145 | 56.9 |
| miR397a | √ | √ | 827 | NA | NA | 1.25E+03 | NA |
| miR408 | NA | NA | 790 | 8.50E+03 | NA | 1.69E+03 | NA |
Here the numbers represent the reads per million; “√” means that the miRNA is found in the species but its expression level is unavailable; ‘NA’ means that there is no evident to support this miRNA