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Small nucleolar RNA SNORA21

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Small nucleolar RNA SNORA21
Identifiers
SymbolSNORA21
Alt. SymbolssnoACA21
RfamRF00412
Other data
RNA typeGene; snRNA; snoRNA; H/ACA-box
Domain(s)Eukaryota
GOGO:0006396 GO:0005730
SOSO:0000594
PDB structuresPDBe

In molecular biology, SNORA21 (also known as ACA21) is a member of the H/ACA class of small nucleolar RNA that guide the sites of modification of uridines to pseudouridines.[1]

This family also contains the mouse sequence MBI-3.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Kiss AM, Jády BE, Bertrand E, Kiss T (July 2004). "Human box H/ACA pseudouridylation guide RNA machinery". Molecular and Cellular Biology. 24 (13): 5797–807. doi:10.1128/MCB.24.13.5797-5807.2004. PMC 480876. PMID 15199136.
  2. ^ Hüttenhofer A, Kiefmann M, Meier-Ewert S, O'Brien J, Lehrach H, Bachellerie JP, Brosius J (June 2001). "RNomics: an experimental approach that identifies 201 candidates for novel, small, non-messenger RNAs in mouse". The EMBO Journal. 20 (11): 2943–53. doi:10.1093/emboj/20.11.2943. PMC 125495. PMID 11387227.
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