This release contains only the music track from Base by Base Episode 26.

Song title: Promoters in the Dark
Original Base by Base episode: 26: Reannotation reveals functional non-coding mutations in melanoma

Article metadata:
Article title: Reannotation of cancer mutations based on expressed RNA transcripts reveals functional non-coding mutations in melanoma
Journal: The American Journal of Human Genetics (112:1–21, June 5, 2025)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajhg.2025.04.005
Reference: Pepe D., Janssens X., Timcheva K., et al. Reannotation of cancer mutations based on expressed RNA transcripts reveals functional non-coding mutations in melanoma. The American Journal of Human Genetics 112, 1–21 (June 5, 2025). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajhg.2025.04.005

Lyrics:
Verse 1
We mapped the scars on a reference page,
But the tumor sang a different phrase.
Same letters, new stage light,
Hidden switches in the night.

Pre-Chorus
So read what’s real, what’s running through the wire,
Not just the script that never caught fire.
Follow the transcripts that the cells choose,
And watch the “silent” turn into truth.

Chorus
It’s a spark in the promoter, it’s a crack in the code,
A shadow at the doorway where the messages load.
What looked like nothing starts to hit like thunder,
When you name the right song, you find what’s under.

Verse 2
A single point where the bind should hold,
Breaks the handshake, turns warm to cold.
Signals fall, defenses slow,
And the guardian fades in the afterglow.

Bridge
We stitched RNA to DNA, frame by frame,
Let long reads call each isoform by name.
Cut it in once with a careful blade,
And saw the dimming the mutation made.

Final Chorus
It’s a spark in the promoter, it’s a crack in the code,
A shadow at the doorway where the messages load.
What looked like nothing starts to hit like thunder,
When you read what’s expressed, you find what’s under.