Primate brain-specific cytoplasmic transcript of the Alu repeat family.
A 200-nucleotide RNA homologous to the left monomer of Alu elements was expressed in monkey and human brain and in cell lines but not in nonneural monkey tissues. Similar brain-specific transcription of identifier sequences was observed in rats. Thus, expression of selected repetitive DNA families is a conserved process in mammalian brain.
D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology*; D000882:Haplorhini / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011061:Poly A / Q000235:genetics; D012313:RNA / Q000235:genetics; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics; D051381:Rats; D012091:Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid; D014018:Tissue Distribution; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011061:Poly A; D012313:RNA