title: The mammalian transcriptome and the function of non-coding DNA sequences.
abstract: For decades, researchers have focused most of their attention on protein-coding genes and proteins. With the completion of the human and mouse genomes and the accumulation of data on the mammalian transcriptome, the focus now shifts to non-coding DNA sequences, RNA-coding genes and their transcripts. Many non-coding transcribed sequences are proving to have important regulatory roles, but the functions of the majority remain mysterious.
authors.affiliation: National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20894, USA. shabalin@ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
authors.forename: Svetlana A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Shabalina
authors.forename: Nikolay A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Spiridonov
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D021901:DNA, Intergenic / Q000235:genetics*; D016678:Genome; D006801:Humans; D014158:Transcription, Genetic / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D021901:DNA, Intergenic