Little is known about the functions of long noncoding RNAs compared with the amount of accumulated knowledge concerning protein-mediated mechanisms. A report now proposes a novel RNA classification based on similar kinetics of RNA synthesis, processing and turnover, and the authors predict that RNAs within each class might share functional properties.
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This work was supported by the Medical Research Council and the Wellcome Trust. We thank W. Haerty (Earlham Institute) for helpful comments.
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Bedoya-Reina, O., Ponting, C. Functional RNA classes: a matter of time?. Nat Struct Mol Biol 24, 7–8 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/nsmb.3354
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