Open AccessClustered genes for human U2 RNA.
Author(s) -
Gunnar Westin,
J. Zabielski,
Klara Hammarström,
HansJürg Monstein,
Christina Bark,
Ulf Pettersson
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
proceedings of the national academy of sciences of the united states of america
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.011
H-Index - 771
eISSN - 1091-6490
pISSN - 0027-8424
DOI - 10.1073/pnas.81.12.3811
Subject(s) - human genome , genetics , biology , gene , rna , tandem repeat , genome , ploidy , computational biology
Genes for the human small nuclear RNA U2 are present within 6.2-kilobase-pair-long tandem repeats. The haploid human genome contains approximately 20 such repeats, organized in one or a few very large clusters.