WBPaper00046415:lithium_downregulated All data were analyzed using Stat View J 5.0, with all experimental data checked for assumptions of homogeneity of variance across manipulations using Bartletts test. Once the assumptions were satisfied, the data were analyzed by one-way analysis of variance followed by Dunnetts multiple comparison test. When homogeneity was not evident in the data, we used the nonparametric KruskalWallis test, followed by the MannWhitney U-test with a Bonferroni adjustment. Differences were considered significant at P < 0.05.
Genes suppressed following 24h exposure to lithium compounds (78uM LiCl and 375uM Li2CO3), according to custom DNA microarray.
WBPaper00028344:adult_expr_change Authors searched for targets with seed matches of perfect Watson-Crick base-pair complementarity to positions two-eight of the miRNAs (counting from the 5' end). In order to consider these seed matches as potential target sites, authors required a minimal cut-off for binding specificity of the remainder of the miRNA to the target. Recent evidence suggests that this is not required for function in humans, but 3' binding does occur in studies of C. elegans. Authors used the scoring algorithm from Robins et al. (2005). The binding cut-off is determined by creating a second-order Markov model of the background for the 3' UTRs. The cut off was p-value < = 0.05.
micro RNAs that exhibit changes in expression during adulthood (p-value < = 0.05).