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SUBMITTER: Romano G
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6248440 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Romano Giulia G Veneziano Dario D Acunzo Mario M Croce Carlo M CM
Carcinogenesis 20170501 5
The ENCODE project has reported that at least 80% of the human genome is biologically active, yet only a small part of human DNA encodes for protein. The massive amount of RNA transcribed but not translated into protein can be classified as housekeeping RNA (such as rRNA, tRNA) and regulatory RNA (such as miRNA, piRNA, lncRNA). Small non-coding RNAs, in particular, have been the focus of many studies in the last 20 years and their fundamental role in many human diseases is currently well establi ...[more]