Evolution of Fungal U3 snoRNAs: Structural Variation and Introns
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Methods
2.1. Homology Search
2.2. Secondary Structure Prediction
2.3. U3-Target Interactions
2.4. Characterization of Sequence Motifs
3. Results
3.1. Sequence and Structure Motifs
3.2. Introns within U3 snoRNA Genes
4. Discussion
Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
Appendix A. Conserved Box Motifs
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Canzler, S.; Stadler, P.F.; Hertel, J. Evolution of Fungal U3 snoRNAs: Structural Variation and Introns. Non-Coding RNA 2017, 3, 3. https://doi.org/10.3390/ncrna3010003
Canzler S, Stadler PF, Hertel J. Evolution of Fungal U3 snoRNAs: Structural Variation and Introns. Non-Coding RNA. 2017; 3(1):3. https://doi.org/10.3390/ncrna3010003
Chicago/Turabian StyleCanzler, Sebastian, Peter F. Stadler, and Jana Hertel. 2017. "Evolution of Fungal U3 snoRNAs: Structural Variation and Introns" Non-Coding RNA 3, no. 1: 3. https://doi.org/10.3390/ncrna3010003