Talk:Non-coding RNA

I'm not sure that non-canonical tRNA bases are modified forms of A,C,G,U (like a methylated A), as opposed to just other bases. Anyone know any chemistry?

Info from the gene article to be incorporated "RNA genes are much harder to locate in genome sequences than conventional genes are. Because cells do not translate them, they lack the distinctive ATG codon that heads all protein-coding sequences and guides bioinformatics searches (more at reading frame)." Zashaw 02:57, 24 Aug 2003 (UTC)

hypen

sorry to nitpick, but i'm editing a biology paper for publication and was wondering whether its "noncoding" or "non-coding"? according to dictionary.com, noncoding is a word so it seems the former is the case. also, there exists "noncodingdna.com". if there are no objections, i or (someone else) will move this page to "noncoding RNA" in a few days. Bubbachuck 18:22, 19 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

My experience is that both "non-coding RNA" and "noncoding RNA" are used about as often. For example, Google searches for each term in NCBI's site (to eliminate popular press): non-coding vs. noncoding. Personally, I think "noncoding" sounds ungrammatical (now _I'm_ being pedantic), but clearly people are using it. As long as one term redirects to the other, I won't complain. Zashaw 04:38, 20 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

snRNA is not a synonym for non-coding RNA

snRNA (small nuclear RNA) is a class of non-coding RNAs, such as transfer RNA is also a class. But not all non-coding RNAs are snRNAs. Thus snRNA is not a synonym for non-coding RNA --User:AAM | Talk 11:54, 30 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]