Genome-wide analyses of two families of snoRNA genes from Drosophila melanogaster, demonstrating the extensive utilization of introns for coding of snoRNAs

RNA

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1303-1316

  Huang, Zhan Peng ^a   Zhou, Hui ^a   Hua Liang, He ^a   Chen, Chun Long ^a   Liang, Dan ^a   Liang Hu, Qu ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Drosophila melanogaster; Intron; ncRNA; RNA modification; snoRNA

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA; SMALL NUCLEOLAR RNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; GENOME ANALYSIS; INTRON; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE LIBRARY; GENOME; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; RNA, SMALL NUCLEOLAR; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 23644457818     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1261/rna.2380905     Document Type: Article

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