In bacteria, some messenger RNAs can sense the need for their protein product and accordingly regulate expression of their own genes. A similar type of RNA regulation has now been revealed in higher organisms.
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Blencowe, B., Khanna, M. RNA in control. Nature 447, 391–393 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/447391a
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