Table 2.

Potential target genes of the partial miRNAs in sheep skeletal muscle

Target gene	Description	miRNAs
MEF2C	Myocyte enhancer factor 2C	miR-133c, miR-181b, miR-455, miR-135, miR-21, miR-494, miR-381
MYEF2	Myelin expression factor 2	miR-199a, miR-27b, miR-26a, miR-23b, miR-214, miR-499b, miR-26a, miR-125b
IGF2	Insulin-like growth factor 2	miR-133a, miR-214, miR-34a, miR-381
CASQ1	Calsequestrin 1 fast-twitch, skeletal muscle	miR-26a, miR-615, miR-181a, miR-125a, miR-1b, miR-23a, miR-214
CDK4	Cyclin-dependent kinase 4	miR-26a, miR-133a, miR-615, miR-23a, miR-181a, miR-214, miR-208b
MYBL2	V-myb avian myeloblastosis viral oncogene homolog-like 2	miR-125b, miR-1a, miR-214, miR-199b, miR-26c
MBNL1	Muscleblind-like splicing regulator 1	miR-23b, miR-221, miR-181a, miR-133c, miR-200a, miR-381
Sirt1	NAD+-dependent histone deacetylase enzyme	miR-199a, miR-26a, miR-181a, miR-499a, miR-125b
FGF8	Fibroblast growth factor	miR-181a, miR-615, miR-1b, miR-221, miR-133a, miR-222, miR-221