Table 3 Well known functional elements considered “junk” in Nessa Carey’s “Junk DNA”
From: A deeper confusion
Genomic feature | Chapter |
|---|---|
telomeres | 5 |
centromeres | 6 |
The Xist lincRNA | 7 |
lincRNAs | 8 and 9 |
imprinting control elements | 10 |
rRNAs and tRNAs | 11 |
enhancers | 12 and 15 |
insulators | 13 |
5′UTRs and 3′UTRs in mRNAs | 16 |
snRNAs and the spliceosome | 17 |
small RNAs | 18 |