Untranslated Gene Regions and Other Non-coding Elements Regulation of Eukaryotic Gene Expression /

• Main Authors: Barrett, Lucy W. (Author), Fletcher, Sue (Author), Wilton, Steve D. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Basel : Springer Basel : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology,
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Medical genetics.; Nucleic acids.; Plant genetics.; Animal genetics.; Life Sciences.; Animal Genetics and Genomics.; Plant Genetics & Genomics.; Gene Function.; Nucleic Acid Chemistry.

There is now compelling evidence that the complexity of higher organisms correlates with the relative amount of non-coding RNA rather than the number of protein-coding genes. Previously dismissed as “junk DNA”, it is the non-coding regions of the genome that are responsible for regulation, facilitat...