LincRNAs: Genomics, Evolution, and Mechanisms

Overview

Journal Cell

Publisher Cell Press

Specialty Cell Biology

Date 2013 Jul 6

PMID 23827673

Citations 1528

Authors

Igor Ulitsky

David P Bartel

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Abstract

Long intervening noncoding RNAs (lincRNAs) are transcribed from thousands of loci in mammalian genomes and might play widespread roles in gene regulation and other cellular processes. This Review outlines the emerging understanding of lincRNAs in vertebrate animals, with emphases on how they are being identified and current conclusions and questions regarding their genomics, evolution and mechanisms of action.

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