ENCODE: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Encyclopedia of DNA Elements
Date	2003 - present
Location	United States

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Illustration of two blue double helix DNA strands with colored base pairs, representing deoxyribonucleic acid structure.

Diagram showing the basic structure and expression of a gene, with DNA made of exons and introns, transcription to RNA, splicing to form mRNA, translation into an amino acid chain, and posttranslational modification to form a protein.

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Topics

genetics Human Genome Project human genome National Human Genome Research Institute medical research gene

Illustrated strands of DNA. Deoxyribonucleic acid, biology.

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