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References

If you make use of the data presented here, please cite the following articles in addition to the primary data sources:

miRBase: from microRNA sequences to function.
Kozomara A, Birgaoanu M, Griffiths-Jones S.
Nucleic Acids Res 2019 47:D155-D162

miRBase: annotating high confidence microRNAs using deep sequencing data.
Kozomara A, Griffiths-Jones S.
Nucleic Acids Res 2014 42:D68-D73

miRBase: integrating microRNA annotation and deep-sequencing data.
Kozomara A, Griffiths-Jones S.
Nucleic Acids Res 2011 39:D152-D157

miRBase: tools for microRNA genomics.
Griffiths-Jones S, Saini HK, van Dongen S, Enright AJ.
Nucleic Acids Res 2008 36:D154-D158

miRBase: microRNA sequences, targets and gene nomenclature.
Griffiths-Jones S, Grocock RJ, van Dongen S, Bateman A, Enright AJ.
Nucleic Acids Res 2006 34:D140-D144

The microRNA Registry.
Griffiths-Jones S.
Nucleic Acids Res 2004 32:D109-D111

The following publications provide guidelines on miRNA annotation:

A uniform system for microRNA annotation.
Ambros V, Bartel B, Bartel DP, Burge CB, Carrington JC, Chen X, Dreyfuss G, Eddy SR, Griffiths-Jones S, Marshall M, Matzke M, Ruvkun G, Tuschl T.
RNA 2003 9(3):277-279

Criteria for annotation of plant MicroRNAs.
Meyers BC, Axtell MJ, Bartel B, Bartel DP, Baulcombe D, Bowman JL, Cao X, Carrington JC, Chen X, Green PJ, Griffiths-Jones S, Jacobsen SE, Mallory AC, Martienssen RA, Poethig RS, Qi Y, Vaucheret H, Voinnet O, Watanabe Y, Weigel D, Zhu JK.
Plant Cell. 2008 20(12):3186-3190