Jennifer Stauffer: Assessing the Function of Highly
Conserved Noncoding Elements in Drosophila melanogaster via Captured Segment Exchange
Extensive research has already examined the function of microRNAs, a category of small evolutionarily
conserved noncoding RNAs about 22 to 24 nucleotides in length that target protein - coding genes in a sequence - specific manner.
Not exact matches
TSSs for protein - coding genes were more
conserved than those of
noncoding RNAs.
These included tier 1 (coding), tier 2 (
conserved / regulatory), and tier 3 (unique
noncoding) variants.