#ENCODE consortium identifies RNA sequences that are involved in regulating gene expression
“#ENCODE consortium identifies RNA sequences that are involved in regulating gene expression” A hairpin loop from a pre-mRNA. Highlighted are the nucleobases (green) and the ribose-phosphate backbone (blue). Note that this is a single strand of RNA that folds back upon itself. Credit: Vossman/ Wikipedia The human genome contains about 20,000 protein-coding genes, but the…