
Nikolaos Mellios
Assistant Professor
University of New Mexico School of Medicine
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No longer junk: Role of long noncoding RNAs in autism risk
Long pieces of RNA that do not code for protein have diverse and important roles in the cell and may contribute to autism risk, say Nikolaos Mellios and Mriganka Sur.

No longer junk: Role of long noncoding RNAs in autism risk
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