U4 small nuclear RNA pseudogenes from rat genome have common truncated 3'-ends.
Four U4 RNA pseudogenes were isolated and characterized from a rat genomic bank. The four pseudogenes contained sequences completely homologous to U4 RNA from nucleotides 1 to 67 and had common truncated 3'-ends. Three of the four pseudogenes were flanked by 14 to 18 nucleotide-long direct repeats. The structural features of these four U4 RNA pseudogenes are consistent with the hypothesis that these pseudogenes arose by RNA self-primed complementary DNA synthesis and integration into the genome (Van Arsdell et al., Cell 26:11-17, 1981).
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D000818:Animals; D010582:Bacteriophage lambda / Q000235:genetics; D001483:Base Sequence; D004247:DNA / Q000032:analysis / Q000096:biosynthesis; D005796:Genes; D008099:Liver / Q000032:analysis; D008114:Liver Neoplasms, Experimental / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D012313:RNA / Q000235:genetics*; D012342:RNA, Small Nuclear; D051381:Rats
D012342:RNA, Small Nuclear; D012313:RNA; D004247:DNA