About the Authors
- Tasneem Khanam
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*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
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Affiliation Institute of Experimental Pathology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
- Martin Kiefmann
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Affiliation Institute of Experimental Pathology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
- Sergej Handel
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Affiliation Institute of Experimental Pathology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
- Boris V. Skryabin
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Affiliation Institute of Experimental Pathology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
- Jürgen Brosius
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*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.