Long Intergenic Non-coding RNAs (lincRNA)
"Intergenic" refers to long non-coding RNAs that are transcribed from non-coding DNA sequences between protein-coding genes. Some lincRNAs attach to messenger RNA to block protein production. At least 26 different lincRNAs are needed to prevent an embryonic stem cell from differentiating. Additionally, it was proposed to classify intergenic RNA domains of at least 50 kb in length as "very long intergenic non-coding" (vlinc) regions.
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