Computational analysis of miRNA-target community network reveals cross talk among different metabolisms.
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SUBMITTER: Nigam D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4584007 | biostudies-other | 2015 Sep
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Computational analysis of miRNA-target community network reveals cross talk among different metabolisms.
Nigam Deepti D Kadimi Puneet K PK Kumar Sanjeev S Mishra Dwijesh Chandra DC Rai Anil A
Genomics data 20150522
To date, only a few conserved miRNAs have been predicted in hexaploid (AABBDD) bread wheat and till now community behavior among miRNA is still in dark. Analysis of publically available 1287279 ESTs from NCBI resulted 262 putative pre-miRNAs and 39 novel mature miRNAs. A total 22,468 targets were identified on 21 chromosomes. MiRNA target community was identified for genomes with different levels of cross talks. Gene ontology of these community targets suggests their differential involvement in ...[more]
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