A potential role for U1 RNA genes in gene duplication and conversion events.
A gene encoding U1 snRNA has been identified in Caenorhabditis elegans by homology to the human U1 gene. The gene lies at the boundary of a duplication event also involving the small heat shock protein genes. The possible role of the U1 sequence in mediating the duplication event is discussed.
Latchman
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Department of Biology, University College London, England.
D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002107:Caenorhabditis / Q000235:genetics*; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics; D004330:Drosophila; D005785:Gene Conversion; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D005810:Multigene Family; D012342:RNA, Small Nuclear / Q000235:genetics*; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins; D012342:RNA, Small Nuclear; D004247:DNA