| Literature DB >> 19188922 |
Tim R Mercer1, Marcel E Dinger, John S Mattick.
Abstract
In mammals and other eukaryotes most of the genome is transcribed in a developmentally regulated manner to produce large numbers of long non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs). Here we review the rapidly advancing field of long ncRNAs, describing their conservation, their organization in the genome and their roles in gene regulation. We also consider the medical implications, and the emerging recognition that any transcript, regardless of coding potential, can have an intrinsic function as an RNA.Mesh:
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Year: 2009 PMID: 19188922 DOI: 10.1038/nrg2521
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nat Rev Genet ISSN: 1471-0056 Impact factor: 53.242