IS061 RNA

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IS061 RNA
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Type: Gene; sRNA;
2° structure: Predicted; PFOLD
Seed alignment: Hershberg R
Avg length: 180.4 nucleotides
Avg identity: 93%

The ISO61 RNA is a bacterial non-coding RNA of 181 nucleotides in length that is found between the abgR and ydaL genes in Escherichia coli and Shigella flexneri. It was discovered using a computational screen of the E. coli genome.[1] The function of this RNA is unknown.

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  1. ^ Chen, S; Lesnik EA, Hall TA, Sampath R, Griffey RH, Ecker DJ, Blyn LB (2002). "A bioinformatics based approach to discover small RNA genes in the Escherichia coli genome". Biosystems 65: 157–177. doi:10.1016/S0303-2647(02)00013-8. PMID 12069726. 

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