Complementarity of end regions increases the lifetime of small RNAs in mammalian cells.

Two RNAs (4.5SH and 4.5SI) with unknown functions share a number of features: short length (about 100 nt), transcription by RNA polymerase III, predominately nuclear localization, the presence in various tissues, and relatively narrow taxonomic distribution (4 and 3 rodent families, respectively). I...

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Main Authors: Anastasia P Koval, Irina K Gogolevskaya, Karina A Tatosyan, Dmitri A Kramerov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3440375?pdf=render