Volume 27, No 5, May 2017

ISSN: 1001-0602 
EISSN: 1748-7838 2018 
impact factor 17.848* 
(Clarivate Analytics, 2019)

Volume 27 Issue 5, May 2017: 604-605

RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS

LncRNA-encoded peptides: More than translational noise?

Nathalie Rion¹ and Markus A Rüegg¹

¹Biozentrum, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland Correspondence: Markus A Rüegg,(markus-a.ruegg@unibas.ch)

Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) belong to the ever-increasing number of transcripts that are thought not to encode proteins. A recent study has now identified a small polypeptide encoded by the lncRNA LINC00961 that inhibits amino acid-induced mTORC1 activation in skeletal muscle.

10.1038/cr.2017.35

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