title: Characterization of putative small nuclear RNAs from Giardia lamblia.
abstract: Small nuclear RNAs (snRNAs), which have roles in RNA metabolism, have been found in all eukaryotic cells. Candidate snRNAs were identified in the primitive protozoan parasite, Giardia lamblia, by either immunoprecipitation of total RNA with antiserum directed against the 2,2,7-trimethylguanosine cap structure characteristic of snRNAs or by Northern hybridization with oligonucleotide probes complementary to snRNA consensus sequences. Isolated putative snRNAs include eight 2,2,7-trimethylguanosine-capped species: RNAs A through H, and one non-2,2,7-trimethylguanosine-capped species: RNA J. Single copy genes encoding RNA D, RNA H and RNA J were cloned and sequenced, and the 5' end of each RNA was determined by primer extension analysis. Certain characteristics suggest tentative identification of these Giardia RNAs as nucleolar RNAs with possible roles in rRNA processing.
authors.affiliation: Intercampus Program in Molecular Parasitology, School of Pharmacy, University of California, San Francisco 94143-1204.
authors.forename: X H
authors.initials: XH
authors.lastname: Niu
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hartshorne
authors.forename: X Y
authors.initials: XY
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Agabian
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D017125:Genes, Protozoan; D016829:Giardia lamblia / Q000235:genetics*; D006151:Guanosine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000276:immunology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D015345:Oligonucleotide Probes; D011233:Precipitin Tests; D012313:RNA / Q000235:genetics; D012342:RNA, Small Nuclear / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D015345:Oligonucleotide Probes; D012342:RNA, Small Nuclear; D006151:Guanosine; C017778:N(2),N(2),7-trimethylguanosine; D012313:RNA