Table 1 Summary of potential mRNA-targeting piRNAs and their target sites in mRNAs

From: MIWI and piRNA-mediated cleavage of messenger RNAs in mouse testes

Target sites per gene

Target genes

Target sites

Unique targeting piRNAs

Cleaved fragment reads

1

150

150

1 066

9 090

2

15

30

202

1 274

3 or more

4

13

46

638

Total

169

193

1 295

11 002