Discovery of long non-coding RNAs in the liver fluke, Fasciola hepatica.

• Main Authors: Paul McVeigh (Author), Erin McCammick (Author), Emily Robb (Author), Peter Brophy (Author), Russell M Morphew (Author), Nikki J Marks (Author), Aaron G Maule (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2023-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Long non-coding (lnc)RNAs are a class of eukaryotic RNA that do not code for protein and are linked with transcriptional regulation, amongst a myriad of other functions. Using a custom in silico pipeline we have identified 6,436 putative lncRNA transcripts in the liver fluke parasite, Fasciola hepat...