miRNA Target Prediction in Plants

Noah Fahlgren; James C Carrington

doi:10.1007/978-1-60327-005-2_4

miRNA Target Prediction in Plants

Methods Mol Biol. 2010:592:51-7. doi: 10.1007/978-1-60327-005-2_4.

Authors

Noah Fahlgren¹, James C Carrington

Affiliation

¹ Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Center for Genome Research and Biocomputing, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA.

PMID: 19802588
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60327-005-2_4

Abstract

In plants, miRNA bind to target RNAs with a high degree of complementarity. In this chapter, a simple method for computationally predicting plant miRNA targets, using a position-dependent scoring system, is described.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Computational Biology / methods*
Databases, Genetic
Genes, Plant / genetics*
MicroRNAs / genetics*

Substances

MicroRNAs