Mol Cell · 2017

Circ-ZNF609 Is a Circular RNA that Can Be Translated and Functions in Myogenesis

Legnini I, Di Timoteo G, Rossi F, Morlando M, Briganti F, Sthandier O, Fatica A, Santini T, Andronache A, Wade M, Laneve P, Rajewsky N, Bozzoni I.

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  • Legnini I — Department of Biology and Biotechnology Charles Darwin and IBPM, Sapienza University of Rome, P.le A. Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy.
  • Di Timoteo G — Department of Biology and Biotechnology Charles Darwin and IBPM, Sapienza University of Rome, P.le A. Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy.
  • Rossi F — Department of Biology and Biotechnology Charles Darwin and IBPM, Sapienza University of Rome, P.le A. Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy.
  • Morlando M — Department of Biology and Biotechnology Charles Darwin and IBPM, Sapienza University of Rome, P.le A. Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy.
  • Briganti F — Department of Biology and Biotechnology Charles Darwin and IBPM, Sapienza University of Rome, P.le A. Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy.
  • Sthandier O — Department of Biology and Biotechnology Charles Darwin and IBPM, Sapienza University of Rome, P.le A. Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy.
  • Fatica A — Department of Biology and Biotechnology Charles Darwin and IBPM, Sapienza University of Rome, P.le A. Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy.
  • Santini T — Center for Life Nano Science@Sapienza, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Viale Regina Elena 291, 00161 Rome, Italy.
  • Andronache A — Center for Genomic Science of IIT@SEMM, Fondazione Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT), Via Adamello 16, 20139 Milan, Italy.
  • Wade M — Center for Genomic Science of IIT@SEMM, Fondazione Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT), Via Adamello 16, 20139 Milan, Italy.
  • Laneve P — Center for Life Nano Science@Sapienza, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Viale Regina Elena 291, 00161 Rome, Italy.
  • Rajewsky N — Berlin Institute for Medical Systems Biology, Max-Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Robert-Rössle-Strasse 10, 13125 Berlin, Germany.
  • Bozzoni I — Department of Biology and Biotechnology Charles Darwin and IBPM, Sapienza University of Rome, P.le A. Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy; Center for Life Nano Science@Sapienza, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Viale Regina Elena 291, 00161 Rome, Italy; Institut Pasteur Italy, Fondazione Cenci-Bolognetti, Sapienza University of Rome, P.le A. Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy. Electronic address: irene.bozzoni@uniroma1.it.
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Omar Sato

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Interesting idea, small sample.

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Nice but incremental.

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Tariq Khan

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Tariq Silva

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Important contribution to the field.

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Liam Silva

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Nice but incremental.

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Jonas Rossi

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Important contribution to the field.

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Sam Patel

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Replication is unclear to me.

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Lena Silva

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Ken Cohen

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Great figures and clear story.

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Hugo Mueller

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Eva Lee

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Nice but incremental.

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Solid methods, convincing results.

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Sam Mueller

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Replication is unclear to me.

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Maya Garcia

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Omar Smith

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Important contribution to the field.