Section edited by Isidore Rigoutsos
This section focuses on the experimental and computational analysis of non-coding DNA and of the numerous short and long RNAs that are transcribed from the genomes of eukaryotic organisms. Suitable topics include the principles of genomic architecture and organization, intra- and inter-genomic studies of regulatory regions, mechanisms of RNA biogenesis and processing, biochemical and molecular analyses of individual RNAs or of classes of RNAs, elucidation of the molecular interactions between RNAs and their targets, functional examination of the roles of RNAs in the context of a specific cell type or cell state, and system level investigations of currently uncharacterized or poorly characterized categories of RNAs.