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Tagging mammalian transcription complexity.

Piero Carninci1

  • 1Genome Science Laboratory, Discovery and Research Institute, RIKEN Wako Institute, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198 Japan. rgscerg@gsc.riken.jp

Trends in Genetics : TIG
|July 25, 2006
PubMed
Summary

Mammalian genomes exhibit complex transcription, with many non-protein-coding RNA transcripts. Future research will focus on identifying novel transcripts and their functions to redefine the concept of a gene.

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Area of Science:

  • Genomics
  • Molecular Biology
  • Bioinformatics

Background:

  • The mammalian transcriptome is more intricate than previously understood.
  • Advances in sequencing and array technologies reveal widespread genomic transcription.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review current techniques for measuring gene transcription.
  • To present evidence on the extent of mammalian genome transcription.
  • To discuss the implications of transcriptional complexity for gene definition.

Main Methods:

  • Review of existing scientific literature and data sets.
  • Analysis of data from CAGE, tagging technologies, and tiling arrays.
  • Examination of transcript characteristics (e.g., polyadenylation, localization, pairing).

Main Results:

  • A significant portion of mammalian transcripts are non-coding.
  • Many transcripts exhibit unusual features like poor polyadenylation, sense-antisense pairing, or nuclear retention.
  • Current methods highlight the vastness of transcriptional activity in mammalian genomes.

Conclusions:

  • The mammalian transcriptome is characterized by extensive non-coding RNA production.
  • Further investigation is needed to systematically identify and functionally characterize novel transcripts.
  • Understanding transcriptional complexity may necessitate a re-evaluation of the definition of a 'gene'.

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