Circular RNA is expressed across the eukaryotic tree of life.

An unexpectedly large fraction of genes in metazoans (human, mouse, zebrafish, worm, fruit fly) express high levels of circularized RNAs containing canonical exons. Here we report that circular RNA isoforms are found in diverse species whose most recent common ancestor existed more than one billion...

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Main Authors: Peter L Wang, Yun Bao, Muh-Ching Yee, Steven P Barrett, Gregory J Hogan, Mari N Olsen, José R Dinneny, Patrick O Brown, Julia Salzman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3946582?pdf=render