Adaptive P-element insertions in a long non-coding RNA are associated with unique silencing properties.

#Transposons #PElements #PiwiInteractingRNAs #piRNAClusters #LongNonCodingRNAs #CR43651 #mir14 #Drosophila #Preprint

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.07.17.665384v1

Some #LongNonCodingRNAs encode functional peptides😎

LncPSR & its protein, Arteridin, complex with Ybx1->
⏬#SmoothMuscleCell contractile phenotype

AAV2-SM22α-shPSR⏬ANGII-induced SMC hypertrophy in🐭aorta

Dr. Y Wang, G Wu, C Zeng labs @CircRes 2022
https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.122.321080