The Secret Life of lncRNAs: Conserved, yet Not Conserved.

Sharma, Harshita; Carninci, Piero · Cell · 2020

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Guo and colleagues discover a new layer of complexity to the lncRNA evolution where positionally conserved lncRNAs in human ESCs are broadly spliced and exported to the cytoplasm contrary to their mouse counterpart that are predominantly unspliced and nuclear retained. Distinct processing leads to species-specific lncRNA function in pluripotency maintenance.

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