Number of non-coding RNA genes

Value >=1300 unitless
Organism Nematode Caenorhabditis elegans
Reference Hillier LW, Coulson A, Murray JI, Bao Z, Sulston JE, Waterston RH. Genomics in C. elegans: so many genes, such a little worm. Genome Res. 2005 Dec15(12):1651-60 p. 1653 right column 2nd paragraphPubMed ID16339362
Primary Source Stricklin, S.L., Griffiths-Jones, S., and Eddy, S.R. 2005. C. elegans noncoding RNA genes. In WormBook (eds. J. Hodgkin and P. Anderson). doi/10.1895/wormbook.1.1.1, link
Comments Many transcripts function at the RNA level, including rRNAs, tRNAs, snRNAs, and snoRNAs. C. elegans contains all the major types of eukaryotic RNA genes: >1300 (primary source) of these genes have been identified, including 630 tRNAs, 78 snRNAs, and 17 snoRNAs.
Entered by Ben Marks
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