Functionall elements in the genome - RNA types

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Short interfering RNA (siRNA)?

  • Often derived form pseudogenes.
  • involved in gene regulation in somatic cells and types of transposon.
  • >10,000 siRNA derived form pseudogene

PiRNA (piwi-interacting RNA)

  • function in embryonic development,
  • maintenance of germline DNA integrity,
  • silencing of transposon transcription,
  • suppressionof translation,
  • formation of heterochromatin,
  • epigenetic regulation of sex determination
  • >15,000 piRNA inhibt retrotransposon acticity in germ line

Non-coding RNA (ncRNA)?

  • function as modulators of epigenetics through chromatin remodelling
  • or regulate gene expression at transcriptional
  • or post-transcriptional level.
  • >3,300

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