Dear Editor, The growing understanding concerning the definition, classification, and function of small non-coding RNAs (sncRNAs) has led to the discovery of new sncRNA spe- cies of various sizes. Recent studies hi...Dear Editor, The growing understanding concerning the definition, classification, and function of small non-coding RNAs (sncRNAs) has led to the discovery of new sncRNA spe- cies of various sizes. Recent studies high- lighted a group of tsRNAs derived from the 5' end of tRNAs (Peng et al., 2012; Zhang et al., 2014; Chen et al., 2016; Sharma et al., 2016), which raises the question whether there are similar small RNAs derived from other housekeeping RNAs, such as rRNAs.展开更多
文摘Dear Editor, The growing understanding concerning the definition, classification, and function of small non-coding RNAs (sncRNAs) has led to the discovery of new sncRNA spe- cies of various sizes. Recent studies high- lighted a group of tsRNAs derived from the 5' end of tRNAs (Peng et al., 2012; Zhang et al., 2014; Chen et al., 2016; Sharma et al., 2016), which raises the question whether there are similar small RNAs derived from other housekeeping RNAs, such as rRNAs.