A family of wheat embryo U2 snRNAs |
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Authors: | James M Skuzeski Jerry J Jendrisak |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Botany, University of Minnesota, 55108 St. Paul, MN, U.S.A. |
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Abstract: | Summary Evidence is presented for the existence of small nuclear RNAs in a higher plant species. Based on subcellular fractionation
experiments, wheat embryos contain at least four putative snRNAs, one of which co-migrates on SDS-polyacrylamide gels with
a relatively abundant cytoplasmic RNA, W1. We purified W1 from ribosome-free high speed supernatant fractions for characterization
studies. Electrophoresis under partially denaturing conditions resolves this RNA into several components which bear m
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G-5′ caps and strongly resemble vertebrate U2 snRNA on the basis of modified nucleotide content. Preliminary sequence analyses
indicate that wheat embryos contain at least three U2-like RNAs which possess slightly different sequences near their 3′ ends. |
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Keywords: | cap structures modified nucleotides RNA sequencing small nuclear RNAs wheat embryos |
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