Function of Mysterious RNAs May Often Lie in Their Genes

Reporting in the journal Molecular Cell, the scientists determined that one prominent long non-coding RNA may be a "red herring," with no evident biological role to play--whereas the DNA from which it originates does perform an important function, as an "enhancer" that stimulates the expression of an important protein-coding gene nearby.

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