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Description of the microarray technology used (from:
The microarray assay was performed using a service provider (LC Sciences).The assay started with 2 to 5 µg total RNA, which was size-fractionated using a YM-100 Microcon centrifugal filter (from Millipore) and the small RNAs (<300 nt) isolated were 3’-extended with a poly(A) tail using poly(A) polymerase.An oligonucleotide tag was then ligated to the poly(A) tail for later staining with fluorescent dye; two different tags were used for the two RNA samples in dual-sample experiments. Hybridization was performed overnight on a µParaflo microfluidic chip using a micro-circulation pump (Atactic Technologies)(2, 3). On the microfluidic chip, each detection probe consisted of a chemically modified nucleotide-coding segment complementary to a target microRNA (from miRBase, or other RNA (control or customer-defined sequences) and a spacer segment of polyethylene glycol to extend the coding segment away from the substrate.The detection probes were constructed by in-situ synthesis using PGR (photogenerated reagent) chemistry.The hybridization melting temperatures were balanced by chemical modifications of the detection probes. Hybridization was in 100 µl 6X SSPE buffer (0.90 M NaCl, 60 mM Na2HPO4, 6 mM EDTA, pH 6.8) containing 25% formamide at 34°C.After hybridization, fluorescence labeling was performed using tag-specific Cy3 and Cy5 dyes.Hybridization images were collected using a laser scanner (GenePix 4000B, Molecular Devices, Sunnyvale, CAand digitized using Array-Pro image-analysis software (Media Cybernetics). Data were analyzed by first subtracting the background and then normalizing the signals using a LOWESS filter(1) (Locally-weighted Regression) and p-values of the t-test were calculated; differentially detected signals were those with p0.01.
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3.Zhu, Q., Hong, A., Sheng, N., Zhang, X., Matejko, A., Jun, K. Y., Srivannavit, O., Gulari, E., Gao, X., and Zhou, X. 2007. microParaflo biochip for nucleic acid and protein analysis. Methods Mol Biol 382:287-312.
Supplementary Table 1
The peaks in siRNA accumulation shown in Fig. 5 (peaks A-M). The values given below are the position of the 5' nucleotide of the first putative siRNA of the peak (where the values increase less than 20% subsequently).
Peak of siRNA accumulation / 5' nt of siRNAA / 73
B / 137
C / 225
D / 259
E / 280
F / 337
G / 413
H / 454
I / 465
J / 478
K / 519
L / 543
M / 567
Supplementary Figure 1
Leaf symptoms of a range of PVY strains on tobacco 3 weeks after inoculation. Each strain represented here is denoted, as well as the non-inoculated control (con).