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Elucidating the role of H/ACA-like RNAs in trans-splicing and rRNA processing via RNA interference silencing of the Trypanosoma brucei CBF5 pseudouridine synthase.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 14 Oct 2005
Barth Sarit, Hury Avraham, Liang Xue-Hai, Michaeli Shulamit
Abstract excerpt
Most pseudouridinylation in eukaryotic rRNA and small nuclear RNAs is guided by H/ACA small nucleolar RNAs. In this study, the Trypanosoma brucei pseudouridine synthase, Cbf5p, a snoRNP protein, was identified and silenced by RNAi. Depletion of this protein destabilized all small nucleolar RNAs of the H/ACA-like family. Following silencing, defects in rRNA processing, such as accumulation of precursors and...
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