Validated miRNA targets and their associated <i>MIRNA</i> genes generating unique antisense (α-) smRNAs^a.

asmRNA sequences were collected from published data [20],[28],[37],[38]. bThe number of antisense smRNAs with perfect matches to the cDNA for each validated miRNA target and each miRNA hairpin was scored and then divided by the length of each gene or hairpin individually (antisense smRNA number/kb). TAS genes targeted by miR173, miR390, and miR828 were excluded from this analysis.