Junk DNA: goodbye! (Introduction)

by David Turell , Thursday, May 29, 2014, 16:25 (3832 days ago) @ David Turell

Finding areas of DNA thoght to be non-coding that do code:-"Among the proteins whose data patterns have been characterized for the first time are many that were never predicted to exist. (Within the genome, in addition to the DNA sequences that encode proteins, there are stretches of DNA whose sequences do not follow a conventional protein-coding gene pattern and have therefore been labeled "noncoding.") The team's most unexpected finding was that 193 of the proteins they identified could be traced back to these supposedly noncoding regions of DNA.
 
""This was the most exciting part of this study, finding further complexities in the genome," says Pandey. "The fact that 193 of the proteins came from DNA sequences predicted to be noncoding means that we don't fully understand how cells read DNA, because clearly those sequences do code for proteins.""-
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/05/140528133149.htm