Small nucleolar RNA SNORA21

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Small nucleolar RNA SNORA21
Template:Abbreviation
Type: Gene; snRNA; guide; HACA-box;
2° structure: Predicted; PFOLD;
Seed alignment: Moxon SJ
Avg length: 133.5 nucleotides
Avg identity: 86%

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]

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  1. ^ Kiss, AM; Jady BE, Bertrand E, Kiss T (2004). "Human box H/ACA pseudouridylation guide RNA machinery". Mol Cell Biol 24: 5797–5807. doi:10.1128/MCB.24.13.5797-5807.2004. PMID 15199136. 
  2. ^ Huttenhofer, A; Kiefmann M, Meier-Ewert S, O'Brien J, Lehrach H, Bachellerie JP, Brosius J (2001). "RNomics: an experimental approach that identifies 201 candidates for novel, small, non-messenger RNAs in mouse". EMBO J 20: 2943–2953. doi:10.1093/emboj/20.11.2943. PMID 11387227. 

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