Structural and functional differences in the long non-coding RNA hotair in mouse and human.

Long non-coding RNAs regulate various biological processes such as dosage compensation, imprinting, and chromatin organization. HOTAIR, a paradigm of this new class of RNAs, is localized within the human HOXC gene cluster and was shown, in human cells, to regulate HOXD genes in trans via the recruit...

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Main Authors: Patrick Schorderet, Denis Duboule
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-05-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3102750?pdf=render