Small nucleolar RNA SNORD14

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Small nucleolar RNA SNORD14
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Type: Gene; snRNA; guide; CD-box;
2° structure: Predicted; PFOLD
Seed alignment: Griffiths-Jones SR
Avg length: 108.6 nucleotides
Avg identity: 64%

U14 small nucleolar RNA (U14 snoRNA) is a non-coding RNA required for early cleavages of eukaryotic precursor rRNAs. In yeasts, this molecule possess a stem-loop region (known as the Y-domain) which is essential for function. A similar structure, but with a different consensus sequence, is found in plants, but is absent in vertebrates. [1] In human there are two closely related copies called SNORD14A and SNORD14B that are expressed from the intron of their host gene ribosomal protein Rps13.

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  1. ^ Samarsky, DA; Schneider GS, Fournier MJ (1996). "An essential domain in Saccharomyces cerevisiae U14 snoRNA is absent in vertebrates, but conserved in other yeasts". Nucleic Acids Res 24: 2059–2066. doi:10.1093/nar/24.11.2059. PMID 8668536. 

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