Discovery and characterization of the first non-coding RNA that regulates gene expression, micF RNA: A historical perspective

Table 1 Discovery of other non-coding RNA functions

Non-coding RNA	Date discovered	Function	Ref.
RNase P RNA	1978, 1983	Catalytic RNA	[73,74]
Tetrahymena intron	1982	RNA self-splicing	[75]
snRNA	1982	Involved in RNA splicing	[76]
7SL RNA	1982	Participates in protein translocation	[77]