MIT: Bringing RNA Into Genomics
July 30, 2020
July 30, 2020
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, July 30 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news:
The human genome contains about 20,000 protein-coding genes, but the coding parts of our genes account for only about 2 percent of the entire genome. For the past two decades, scientists have been trying to find out what the other 98 percent is doing.
A research consortium known as ENCODE (Encyclopedia of DNA Elements) has made significant progress toward that goal, . . .
The human genome contains about 20,000 protein-coding genes, but the coding parts of our genes account for only about 2 percent of the entire genome. For the past two decades, scientists have been trying to find out what the other 98 percent is doing.
A research consortium known as ENCODE (Encyclopedia of DNA Elements) has made significant progress toward that goal, . . .