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Published on: March 15, 2014
Polyadenylation of a human mitochondrial ribosomal RNA transcript detected by molecular cloning
Abstract:
We have identified by molecular cloning a polyadenylated RNA transcript in the human leukemia cell line, K562, which is complementary to a portion of the gene-encoding mitochondrial 16S ribosomal RNA (mt 16S rRNA). The cloned portion of the transcript corresponds to positions 2191-2395 of the human mt genome. The clone represents a cDNA copy of an RNA transcript from the H strand and carries an additional poly(A) tail 21 residues long at its 3'-end. Our data provide direct evidence for polyadenylation of some mt 16S rRNA transcripts.
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