High-throughput sequencing of RNAs isolated by cross-linking immunoprecipitation (HITS-CLIP) reveals Argonaute-associated microRNAs and targets in Schistosoma japonicum

Table 1 Analysis of microRNAs and targets found in adult S.japonicum by SOLEXA deep sequencing

Item	Putative miRNAs	Analysis results**	Total targets	Average number of targets per miRNA
Known miRNAs	513*	43	7414	~15
Novel miRNAs	256	256	4440	~17

*putative miRNAs found in miRBase (http://www.mirbase.org/)
**further bioinformatics analysis of those putative miRNAs with interspecific or intraspecific sequence conservation, precursor secondary structure with optimum folding free energy, higher abundance, etc

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