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. 2017 May 9;6(2):12. doi: 10.3390/cells6020012

Figure 1.

Figure 1

RNA categories. RNAs are divided into two major classes: messenger RNA (mRNA) and non-coding RNA (ncRNA). NcRNAs include housekeeping ncRNA, which consists of transfer RNA (tRNA) and ribosomal RNA (rRNA), and regulatory ncRNA. Regulatory ncRNAs are classified into long ncRNA (lncRNA) and small ncRNA. Small ncRNAs are subclassified into microRNA, small nucleolar RNA (snoRNA), small interfering RNA (siRNA), small nuclear RNA (snRNA), and PIWI-interacting RNA (piRNA).