Analysis of Intron Sequences Reveals Hallmarks of Circular RNA Biogenesis in Animals

Circular RNAs (circRNAs) are a large class of animal RNAs. To investigate possible circRNA functions, it is important to understand circRNA biogenesis. Besides human ALU repeats, sequence features that promote exon circularization are largely unknown. We experimentally identified circRNAs in C. eleg...

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Main Authors: Andranik Ivanov, Sebastian Memczak, Emanuel Wyler, Francesca Torti, Hagit T. Porath, Marta R. Orejuela, Michael Piechotta, Erez Y. Levanon, Markus Landthaler, Christoph Dieterich, Nikolaus Rajewsky
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-01-01
Series:Cell Reports
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211124714010481