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SUBMITTER: Marz M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5054213 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Marz Manja M Mosig Axel A Stadler Bärbel M R BM Stadler Peter F PF
Genomics, proteomics & bioinformatics 20071201 3-4
U7 small nuclear RNA (snRNA) sequences have been described only for a handful of animal species in the past. Here we describe a computational search for functional U7 snRNA genes throughout vertebrates including the upstream sequence elements characteristic for snRNAs transcribed by polymerase II. Based on the results of this search, we discuss the high variability of U7 snRNAs in both sequence and structure, and report on an attempt to find U7 snRNA sequences in basal deuterostomes and non-dros ...[more]