About the Authors

Tasneem Khanam

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: tasneem@uni-muenster.de (TK); RNA.world@uni-muenster.de (JB)

Affiliation Institute of Experimental Pathology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany

Carsten A. Raabe

Affiliation Institute of Experimental Pathology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany

Martin Kiefmann

Affiliation Institute of Experimental Pathology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany

Sergej Handel

Affiliation Institute of Experimental Pathology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany

Boris V. Skryabin

Affiliation Institute of Experimental Pathology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany

Jürgen Brosius

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: tasneem@uni-muenster.de (TK); RNA.world@uni-muenster.de (JB)

Affiliation Institute of Experimental Pathology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JB BS. Performed the experiments: MK SH TK. Analyzed the data: JB BS TK CR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MK CR. Wrote the paper: JB. Other: Screening for ID repeats in mouse UTRs: CR. Predictions of RNA secondary structures: CR. Cloning of all ID related Repeats and subsequent integration in the 3′ UTR of the reporter mRNA for Enhanced Green Fluorescent Protein: MK. Transgenic constructs design: BS. Transgenic mice production: BS SH. Results discussion: BS.