title: Antisense snoRNAs: a family of nucleolar RNAs with long complementarities to rRNA.
abstract: A growing subset of small nucleolar RNAs (snoRNAs) contains long stretches of sequence complementarity to conserved sequences in mature ribosomal RNA (rRNA). This article reviews current knowledge about these complementarities and proposes that these antisense snoRNAs might function in pre-rRNA folding, base modification and ribosomal ribonucleoprotein assembly, in some cases acting as RNA chaperones.
authors.affiliation: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Laboratoire de Biologie Moléculaire Eucaryote, Toulouse, France.
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Bachellerie
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Michot
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nicoloso
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Balakin
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ni
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Fournier
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002466:Cell Nucleolus / Q000737:chemistry*; D017124:Conserved Sequence / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D010802:Phylogeny; D016372:RNA, Antisense / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D012342:RNA, Small Nuclear / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D015003:Yeasts / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D016372:RNA, Antisense; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal; D012342:RNA, Small Nuclear