Open AccessApproaching TERRA Firma: Genomic Functions of Telomeric Noncoding RNA
Author(s) -
Caitlin M. Roake,
Steven E. Artandi
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
cell
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 26.304
H-Index - 776
eISSN - 1097-4172
pISSN - 0092-8674
DOI - 10.1016/j.cell.2017.06.020
Subject(s) - biology , telomere , genetics , subtelomere , rna , non coding rna , genome , telomerase , chromatin , heterochromatin , dna , gene
Functions of the telomeric repeat-containing RNA (TERRA), the long noncoding RNA (lncRNA) transcribed from telomeres, have eluded researchers. In this issue of Cell, Graf el al. and Chu et al. uncover new regulatory roles for TERRA at the telomere and at distant genomic sites.
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