Many lncRNAs, 5’UTRs, and pseudogenes are translated and some are likely to express functional proteins

Using a new bioinformatic method to analyze ribosome profiling data, we show that 40% of lncRNAs and pseudogene RNAs expressed in human cells are translated. In addition, ~35% of mRNA coding genes are translated upstream of the primary protein-coding region (uORFs) and 4% are translated downstream (...

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Main Authors: Zhe Ji, Ruisheng Song, Aviv Regev, Kevin Struhl
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2015-12-01
Series:eLife
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Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/08890