FIGURE 3.

Expression of putative osa‐mature‐microRNA171a‐f (osa‐miR171) target genes in response to drought stress. (a–d) Reverse transcription‐quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT‐qPCR) analysis shows changes in ARC3 (a), DEPG10 (b), SCL6‐I (c), and SCL6‐II (d) expression levels in response to drought stress. Total RNA was prepared from the 4‐week‐old plants exposed to drought stresses for the indicated time periods. Control plants were not treated with drought stress (0 days). X axis indicates days after drought treatment (d). Error bars indicate SD of triplicate measurements. OsTubA2 and OsUbi1 were used as internal controls, and relative expression levels are shown as fold values. Asterisks indicate statistically significant differences between the corresponding samples and the controls (p value < .01, Student's t test)