| Feature | ncRNA |
| Definition | a non-protein-coding gene, other than ribosomal RNA and transfer RNA, the functional molecule of which is the RNA transcript |
| Mandatory Qualifiers |
/ncRNA_class="TYPE" where Type is one of the following controlled vocabulary terms or phrases:
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| Optional Qualifiers |
/allele="free text" /function="free text" /gene="free text" /gene_synonym="free text" /map="free text" /note="free text" /operon="free text" /product="free text" /pseudo /standard_name="free text" /trans_splicing |
| Comment | the ncRNA feature is not used for ribosomal and transfer RNA annotation, for which the rRNA and tRNA feature keys should be used, respectively; |