Regulatory roles of natural antisense transcripts

被引:575
作者
Faghihi, Mohammad Ali [1 ]
Wahlestedt, Claes [1 ]
机构
[1] Scripps Res Inst, MIND, Jupiter, FL 33458 USA
关键词
SMALL INTERFERING RNAS; SINGLE-STRANDED-DNA; NONCODING RNA; GENE-EXPRESSION; MESSENGER-RNA; INTERGENIC TRANSCRIPTION; ENDOGENOUS SIRNAS; MAMMALIAN-CELLS; HUMAN PROMOTERS; MOUSE OOCYTES;
D O I
10.1038/nrm2738
中图分类号
Q2 [细胞生物学];
学科分类号
071009 ; 090102 ;
摘要
Mammalian genomes encode numerous natural antisense transcripts, but the function of these transcripts is not well understood. Functional validation studies indicate that antisense transcripts are not a uniform group of regulatory RNAs but instead belong to multiple categories with some common features. Recent evidence indicates that antisense transcripts are frequently functional and use diverse transcriptional and post-transcriptional gene regulatory mechanisms to carry out a wide variety of biological roles.
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