Pseudo-messenger RNA: phantoms of the transcriptome.

The mammalian transcriptome harbours shadowy entities that resist classification and analysis. In analogy with pseudogenes, we define pseudo-messenger RNA to be RNA molecules that resemble protein-coding mRNA, but cannot encode full-length proteins owing to disruptions of the reading frame. Using a...

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Main Authors: Martin C Frith, Laurens G Wilming, Alistair Forrest, Hideya Kawaji, Sin Lam Tan, Claes Wahlestedt, Vladimir B Bajic, Chikatoshi Kai, Jun Kawai, Piero Carninci, Yoshihide Hayashizaki, Timothy L Bailey, Lukasz Huminiecki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2006-04-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC1449882?pdf=render

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