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Areas of Research on Regulatory RNA and Functional RNA Motifs

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Regulatory RNA

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Abstract

The following subchapters present several areas where we consider the detection of new regulatory RNA and, concomitantly with this, new regulatory RNA motifs, to make impressive progress. Using the techniques and approaches discussed in the previous chapters the action and interactions of regulatory elements are revealed to be at the heart of the RNA function investigated. Of course, the selection of research areas is always a subjective selection and we apologize for other focus points we did not mention due to limitations of space and time.

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