Abstract
Several non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs) that regulate eukaryotic mRNA transcription have recently been discovered. Their mechanisms of action and biological roles are extremely diverse, which indicates that, so far, we have only had a glimpse of this new class of regulatory factor. Many surprises are likely to be revealed as further ncRNA transcriptional regulators are identified and characterized.
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Research in the authors' laboratory is supported by the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation.
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James A. Goodrich and Jennifer F. Kugel are in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Colorado at Boulder, 215 UCB, Boulder, Colorado 80309-0215, USA. james.goodrich@colorado.edu; jennifer.kugel@colorado.edu
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