Transcriptional landscape of the human and fly genomes: Nonlinear and multifunctional modular model of transcriptomes

Willingham, A. T., Dike, S., Cheng, J., Manak, J. R., Bell, I., Cheung, E., Drenkow, J., Dumais, E., Duttagupta, R., Ganesh, M., Ghosh, S., Helt, G., Nix, D., Piccolboni, A., Sementchenko, V., Tammana, H., Kapranov, P., Gingeras, T. R. (2006) Transcriptional landscape of the human and fly genomes: Nonlinear and multifunctional modular model of transcriptomes. Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology, 71. pp. 101-110. ISSN 00917451 (ISSN)

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Abstract

Regions of the genome not coding for proteins or not involved in cis-acting regulatory activities are frequently viewed as lacking in functional value. However, a number of recent large-scale studies have revealed significant regulated transcription of unannotated portions of a variety of plant and animal genomes, allowing a new appreciation of the widespread transcription of large portions of the genome. High-resolution mapping of the sites of transcription of the human and fly genomes has provided an alternative picture of the extent and organization of transcription and has offered insights for biological functions of some of the newly identified unannotated transcripts. Considerable portions of the unannotated transcription observed are developmental or cell-type-specific parts of protein-coding transcripts, often serving as novel, alternative 5′ transcriptional start sites. These distal 5′ portions are often situated at significant distances from the annotated gene and alternatively join with or ignore portions of other intervening genes to comprise novel unannotated protein-coding transcripts. These data support an interlaced model of the genome in which many regions serve multifunctional purposes and are highly modular in their utilization. This model illustrates the underappreciated organizational complexity of the genome and one of the functional roles of transcription from unannotated portions of the genome. Copyright 2006, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press © 2006 Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press.

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Uncontrolled Keywords: animal article biological model DNA microarray Drosophila melanogaster genetic transcription genetics genome human nonlinear system prenatal development Animals Genome Human Genome Insect Humans Models Genetic Nonlinear Dynamics Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis Transcription Genetic
Subjects: bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > genetics & nucleic acid processing > DNA, RNA structure, function, modification > transcription
bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > annotation > map annotation
bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > genetics & nucleic acid processing > DNA, RNA structure, function, modification > ncDNA
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Communities: CSHL labs > Gingeras lab
Depositing User: CSHL Librarian
Date: 2006
Date Deposited: 14 Mar 2012 16:11
Last Modified: 15 Jul 2013 14:32
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URI: https://repository.cshl.edu/id/eprint/25359

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