Plant microRNAs and their role in defense against viruses: a bioinformatics approach

BMC Plant Biology

Table 3 Matching percentages of plant microRNAs vs plant viruses screenings compared to negative controls

			Negative controls
Plant microRNAs vs Plant viruses screenings			Animal microRNAs vs Plant viruses	Rand1 vs Plant viruses	Rand2 vs Plant viruses	Plant microRNAs vs Animal viruses
A. thaliana- m vs A. thaliana - viruses	mean	0.16812	0.14473	0.08857	0.12714	0.2130
	p value		↓ < 0.0001	↓ < 0.0001	↓ < 0.0001	↑ < 0.0001
G. max microRNAs vs G.max - viruses	mean	0.2088	0.10584	0.09664	0.11972	0.18624
	p value		↓ < 0.0001	↓ < 0.0001	↓ < 0.0001	0.2394
O. sativa microRNAs vs O.sativa viruses	mean	0.2321	0.16285	0.09647	0.1481	0.2295
	p value		↓ < 0.0001	↓ < 0.0001	↓ < 0.0001	0.3983
S. bicolor microRNAs vs S.bicolor - viruses	mean	0.23237	0.14577	0.10179	0.12557	0.3656
	p value		↓ < 0.0001	↓ < 0.0001	↓ < 0.0001	↑ < 0.0001
V.vinifera microRNAs V.vinifera viruses	mean	0.2741	0.17348	0.10818	0.18675	0.22115
	p value		↓ < 0.0001	↓ < 0.0001	↓ < 0.0001	↓ < 0.0001
Z. mays microRNAs vs Z. mays viruses	mean	0.26809	0.16263	0.10903	0.2446	0.4445
	p value		↓ < 0.0001	↓ < 0.0001	↓ < 0.0001	↑ < 0.0001

p values are the result of pairwise Wilcoxon test between each screening and the plant microRNAs vs Plant viruses screening, α = 0.05, ↓ significantly lower, ↑ significantly higher

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