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. 2018 Jun 8;13:3397–3409. doi: 10.2147/IJN.S167383

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The common features of ncRNAs.

Notes: The ncRNAs are transcribed from the DNA and through multiple processing steps are exported into the cytoplasm, in a manner that bears a higher or lower degree of similarity with the processing of mRNA. In the cytoplasm, the main function of the ncRNAs is to repress the translation of mRNAs into proteins.

Abbreviations: circRNA, circular RNA; lncRNA, long noncoding RNAs; miRNA, microRNAs; mRNA, messenger RNA; ncRNAs, noncoding RNAs; piRNA, piwi-interacting RNA; siRNA, small interfering RNA.