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Researchers from a wide range of biological and medical sciences summarize recent findings on how particular species of non-coding RNA play an active role in modulating gene transcription and epigenetic states in human cells. Such regulation may be highly influenced by selective pressures, and may function in the governance of the adaptability of the cell. It may also have therapeutic implications. They look at non-coding RNA from the perspectives of form, function, and diversity; gene regulation and epigenetics; and diseases and therapeutics. Among specific topics are processing and the regulatory impact of endogenous siRNA in animals, the role of non-coding RNA in the control of the coupling between transcription and alternative splicing, and the epigenetic regulation of transcription as a new therapeutic platform. Distributed in the US by ISBS. Annotation c2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
