Unique features of long non-coding RNA biogenesis and function

Nature Reviews Genetics

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 47-62

  Quinn, Jeffrey J ^a   Chang, Howard Y ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULAR RNA; COMPLEMENTARY RNA; LONG UNTRANSLATED RNA; NUCLEIC ACID; RIBONUCLEASE P; SMALL NUCLEOLAR RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CHROMATIN;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; BIOGENESIS; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN; CYTOPLASM; DIVERGENT TRANSCRIPTION; ENHANCER REGION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE REPRESSION; HUMAN; INTRON; NONHUMAN; NONSENSE MEDIATED MRNA DECAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; RIBOSOME; RNA DEGRADATION; RNA PROCESSING; RNA SYNTHESIS; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENETICS; GENOME IMPRINTING; METABOLISM; RNA STABILITY; RNA TRANSPORT;

ANIMALS; CHROMATIN; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; HUMANS; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; RNA STABILITY; RNA TRANSPORT; RNA, LONG NONCODING;

EID: 84949952099     PISSN: 14710056     EISSN: 14710064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrg.2015.10     Document Type: Review

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