Establishing legitimacy and function in the new transcriptome
Author(s) -
Harm van Bakel,
Timothy Hughes
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
briefings in functional genomics and proteomics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1477-4062
pISSN - 1473-9550
DOI - 10.1093/bfgp/elp037
Subject(s) - biology , transcriptome , computational biology , function (biology) , legitimacy , non coding rna , rna , coding (social sciences) , evolutionary biology , genetics , gene , gene expression , sociology , political science , law , social science , politics
The last decade has seen an explosion of interest in new classes of non-coding RNA. While some are now firmly established as new categories of legitimate functional RNAs, the purpose and even existence of others remain to be solidified. Here, we discuss the challenges associated with discovery and characterization of non-traditional categories of non-coding RNA.
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