CircRNA: functions and properties of a novel potential biomarker for cancer

Meng, Shujuan; Zhou, Hecheng; Feng, Ziyang; Xu, Zihao; Tang, Ying; Li, Peiyao; Wu, Minghua

doi:10.1186/s12943-017-0663-2

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CircRNA: functions and properties of a novel potential biomarker for cancer

Published in Molecular Cancer • May 23, 2017

Authors:

Shujuan Meng

Hecheng Zhou

Ziyang Feng

Abstract

Circular RNAs, a novel class of endogenous noncoding RNAs, are characterized by their covalently closed loop structures without a 5' cap or a 3' Poly A tail. Although the mechanisms of circular RNAs' generation and function are not fully clear, recent research has shown that circular RNAs may functi...

Subject

Biology

Circular RNA

Biogenesis

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