Re: Paper: MicroRNAs and the regulation of cell death

From: Robert Karl Stonjek (rstonjek_at_bigpond.net.au)
Date: 12/27/04 

Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2004 04:13:10 +0000 (UTC)

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From: "chuck cosby" <chuckc@leverance.com>
Newsgroups: sci.bio.evolution
Sent: Saturday, December 25, 2004 9:56 AM
Subject: Re: Paper: MicroRNAs and the regulation of cell death

> I have been very curious about the claim that 97% of the genome is
> 'junk'. These microRNA's would be considered part of the that junk -
> correct? How much of the rest of the junk will turn out to be useful?
> As a computer science specialist, I did a rough calculation which
> showed that 3% of the human genom translates to only 34megabytes of
> storage. This doesn't seem near enough to code for the entire human
> body and its growth and functioning - does it?
>
>
RKS:
No. MicroRNA is not found in the DNA. Some genes (which are not found in
the 'junk' DNA by defiunition), code for RNA, including microRNA.

Kind Regards
Robert Karl Stonjek