Pseudo-messenger RNA: phantoms of the transcriptome.
The mammalian transcriptome harbours shadowy entities that resist classification and analysis. In analogy with pseudogenes, we define pseudo-messenger RNA to be RNA molecules that resemble protein-coding mRNA, but cannot encode full-length proteins owing to disruptions of the reading frame. Using a...
| Format: | Article |
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| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2006-04-01
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| Series: | PLoS Genetics |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.0020023 |