Macro lncRNAs: A new layer of cis-regulatory information in the mammalian genome

RNA Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 731-741

  Guenzl, Philipp M ^a   Barlow, Denise P ^a  

^a ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Genomic imprinting; Linc; Lnc; Macro; ncRNAs; RNA seq

Indexed keywords

MACRO LONG UNTRANSLATED RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNTRANSLATED RNA;

GENE CONTROL; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SILENCING; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOME IMPRINTING; HUMAN; MAMMALIAN GENETICS; NONHUMAN; REGULATORY RNA SEQUENCE; REVIEW; RNA SPLICING; RNA TRANSCRIPTION;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84863492026     PISSN: 15476286     EISSN: 15558584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/rna.19985     Document Type: Review

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