REQUIREMENT FOR INTRON-ENCODED U22 SMALL NUCLEOLAR RNA IN 18S RIBOSOMAL-RNA MATURATION

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TYCOWSKI, KT [1 ]
SHU, MD [1 ]
STEITZ, JA [1 ]
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[1] YALE UNIV,SCH MED,HOWARD HUGHES MED INST,DEPT MOLEC BIOPHYS & BIOCHEM,NEW HAVEN,CT 06536
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10.1126/science.7985025
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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The nucleoli of vertebrate cells contain a number of small RNAs that are generated by the processing of intron fragments of protein-coding gene transcripts. The host gene (UHG) for intron-encoded human U22 is unusual in that it specifies a polyadenylated but apparently noncoding RNA. Depletion of U22 from Xenopus oocytes by oligonucleotide-directed ribonuclease H targeting prevented the processing of 18S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) at both ends. The appearance of 18S rRNA was restored by injection of in vitro-synthesized U22 RNA. These results identify a cellular function for an intronencoded small RNA.
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