Stable Intronic Sequence RNAs Engage in Feedback Loops

Trends Genet. 2018 May;34(5):330-332. doi: 10.1016/j.tig.2018.01.006. Epub 2018 Jan 31.

Abstract

Stable intronic sequence RNAs (sisRNAs) are conserved in various organisms. Recent observations in Drosophila suggest that sisRNAs often engage in regulatory feedback loops to control the expression of their parental genes. The use of sisRNAs as mediators for local feedback control may be a general phenomenon.

Keywords: feedback; gene expression; intron; noncoding RNA; sisRNA.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Base Sequence / genetics*
  • Conserved Sequence / genetics
  • Drosophila melanogaster / genetics
  • Gene Expression Regulation / genetics
  • Introns / genetics*
  • RNA / genetics*
  • RNA Splicing / genetics
  • RNA Stability / genetics
  • RNA, Small Nucleolar / genetics*

Substances

  • RNA, Small Nucleolar
  • RNA