Scientists have discovered that some tiny segments of RNA thought to be junk instead have a functional role in suppressing production of certain messenger RNAs and appear to help cells respond to oxidative stress. The segments in question are introns, short sequences of a subset of transfer RNAs.
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Ohio State News
‘Junk’ RNA segments play role in protein production, cell stress response
Study is first to show some tRNA introns affect gene expression