Bookeditor, Ahmad M. Khalil.
Summary: This book examines key issues in lncRNA biology, including critical studies that have led to the discovery and annotation of lncRNAs in numerous species and the molecular mechanisms for a few lncRNA that have begun to emerge.
Contents:
Preface
Chromatin regulation by long non-coding RNAs
Regulation of Eukaryotic Cell Differentiation by Long Noncoding RNAs
Roles of long non-coding RNAs in X-chromosome inactivation
Roles of Long Non-Coding RNAs in Genomic Imprinting
Dysregulation of long noncoding RNAs in human disease
Functions of long non-coding RNAs in non-mammalian systems
Emerging technologies to study long non-coding RNAs
Long non coding RNAs and nuclear body formation and function
The role of long non-coding RNAs in immunity
Novel methods to study long non-coding RNAs
OMICs of long non-coding RNAs
Cancer epigenetics and long non-coding RNAs
Roles of long non-coding RNAs in human development
Index.