SL2 RNA

SL2 RNA

Identifiers
Symbol SL2
Rfam RF00199
Other data
RNA type Gene
Domain(s) Eukaryota
GO 0000365
SO 0000233

SL2 RNA is a non-coding RNA involved in trans splicing in lower eukaryotes. Trans-splicing is a form of RNA processing. The acquisition of a spliced leader from an SL RNA is an inter-molecular reaction which precisely joins exons derived from separately transcribed RNAs.[1] Approximately 25% of C. elegans genes are organised into polycistronic transcription units and the presence of SL2 on an mRNA is an indication the gene is in an operon.[2]

References

  1. Dassanayake, RS; Chandrasekharan NV; Karunanayake EH (2001). "Trans-spliced leader RNA, 5S-rRNA genes and novel variant orphan spliced-leader of the lymphatic filarial nematode Wuchereria bancrofti, and a sensitive polymerase chain reaction based detection assay". Gene. 269 (1-2): 185193. PMID 11376950. doi:10.1016/S0378-1119(01)00438-3.
  2. Evans, D; Blumenthal T (2000). "trans splicing of polycistronic Caenorhabditis elegans pre-mRNAs: analysis of the SL2 RNA". Mol Cell Biol. 20 (18): 66596667. PMC 86170Freely accessible. PMID 10958663. doi:10.1128/MCB.20.18.6659-6667.2000.
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