MicroRNAs and their targets by high-throughput sequencing and differentially expressed analysis in five Miscanthus species

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are noncoding small endogenous RNAs with approximate 22 nucleotides and have been identified as the key regulators in the translational level regulation of gene expression by either directly binding or cleaving target mRNAs. In plant, miRNAs have been shown to control numerous genes involved in a wide variety of metabolic and biological processes. Increasing extensive studies have been performed on model species and important...