rasi, tasi, natsi, scn, sn, sno .... And there are pi, XIST, PINC ..
These are all growing RNA-tailed acronyms. Wings of our new hero in the limelight, RNA.
What is the RNA revolution about ? The Economist unravels it here, here and here .
Endogenous trans-acting siRNA(tasiRNA), repeat-associated siRNA (rasiRNA),
smallscan RNA (scnRNA) ,tiny noncoding RNA(tncRNA) small modulatory RNA (smRNA) and many such small RNA's mediate gene silencing .
But in all this excitement and adulation, poor proteins are still waiting in the wings — unhonoured, unsung. says Dr.Balasubramanium.
Truely,RNA is not just a ferryman.