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. 2018 Jan 19;8:1233. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-18823-8

Figure 2.

Figure 2

Quantitative RT-PCR based validation of expression of mature miRNAs in imbibed seeds, in comparison to dry seeds, in Arabidopsis thaliana. (The expression profiles obtained from qRT-PCR slightly varied with the microarray based miRNA expressions, probably due to the pulling of total RNAs during microarray). The qRT-PCR validation of miRNAs were done at six different germination stages as 12 h/RT, 12 h/4 °C, 24 h/RT, 24 h/4 °C, 48 h/RT and 48 h/4 °C each compared to dry seed. The expression values presented here were the means of three biological replicates ± standard deviation (SD). The Arabidopsis ACTIN7 was used for each samples as an endogenous control. (a) ath-miR165/166; (b) ath-miR172a; (c) ath-miR390b; (d) ath-miR160a; (e) ath-miR156h; (f) ath-miR157a/or, c/or, d. In Arabidopsis, miR157a, c and d have the same mature sequence. Asterisks indicate significant statistical differences: ***P < 0.001, **P < 0.01, *P < 0.05 (One-way ANOVA).