An edition of Untranslated gene regions and other non-coding elements (2013)
Untranslated Gene Regions and Other Non-Coding Elements
Regulation of Eukaryotic Gene Expression
By Lucy W. Barrett
Publish Date
2013
Publisher
Birkhäuser Boston
Language
eng
Pages
61
Description:
There is now compelling evidence that the complexity of higher organisms correlates with the relative amount of non-coding RNA rather than the number of protein-coding genes. Previously dismissed as ""junk DNA"", it is the non-coding regions of the genome that are responsible for regulation, facilitating complex temporal and spatial gene expression through the combinatorial effect of numerous mechanisms and interactions working together to fine-tune gene expression. The major regions involved in regulation of a particular gene are the 5' and 3' untranslated regions and introns. --