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Nature Cell Biology 10, 1023 - 1024 (2008)
doi:10.1038/ncb0908-1023

Non-coding RNA transcription: turning on neighbours

Piero Carninci1

  1. Piero Carninci is at the RIKEN Omics Science Center, Yokohama, Japan.
    e-mail: carninci@riken.jp

Even though less than 2% of the mammalian genome encodes proteins, a significant fraction can be transcribed into non-coding RNAs. An elegant study identifies a function for non-coding RNA transcription in activating neighbouring genes.

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