RNU2 explained

RNA, U2 small nuclear, also known as RNU2, is a human gene.^[1]

Further reading

• Hausner TP, Giglio LM, Weiner AM . Evidence for base-pairing between mammalian U2 and U6 small nuclear ribonucleoprotein particles. . Genes Dev. . 4 . 12A . 2146–56 . 1991 . 2176635 . 10.1101/gad.4.12a.2146 . free .
• Ares M, Mangin M, Weiner AM . Orientation-dependent transcriptional activator upstream of a human U2 snRNA gene. . Mol. Cell. Biol. . 5 . 7 . 1560–70 . 1985 . 2410771 . 10.1128/MCB.5.7.1560. 367274 .
• Htun H, Lund E, Westin G, etal . Nuclease S1-sensitive sites in multigene families: human U2 small nuclear RNA genes. . EMBO J. . 4 . 7 . 1839–45 . 1985 . 2411549 . 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1985.tb03858.x. 554425 .
• Westin G, Lund E, Murphy JT, etal . Human U2 and U1 RNA genes use similar transcription signals. . EMBO J. . 3 . 13 . 3295–301 . 1985 . 6084596 . 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1984.tb02293.x. 557852 .
• Van Arsdell SW, Weiner AM . Human genes for U2 small nuclear RNA are tandemly repeated. . Mol. Cell. Biol. . 4 . 3 . 492–9 . 1984 . 6201719 . 10.1128/MCB.4.3.492. 368727 .
• Hammarström K, Westin G, Bark C, etal . Genes and pseudogenes for human U2 RNA. Implications for the mechanism of pseudogene formation. . J. Mol. Biol. . 179 . 2 . 157–69 . 1984 . 6209403 . 10.1016/0022-2836(84)90463-7 .
• Pavelitz T, Rusché L, Matera AG, etal . Concerted evolution of the tandem array encoding primate U2 snRNA occurs in situ, without changing the cytological context of the RNU2 locus. . EMBO J. . 14 . 1 . 169–77 . 1995 . 7828589 . 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1995.tb06987.x. 398064 .
• Liao D, Pavelitz T, Kidd JR, etal . Concerted evolution of the tandemly repeated genes encoding human U2 snRNA (the RNU2 locus) involves rapid intrachromosomal homogenization and rare interchromosomal gene conversion. . EMBO J. . 16 . 3 . 588–98 . 1997 . 9034341 . 10.1093/emboj/16.3.588 . 1169662 .
• Liao D, Pavelitz T, Weiner AM . Characterization of a novel class of interspersed LTR elements in primate genomes: structure, genomic distribution, and evolution. . J. Mol. Evol. . 46 . 6 . 649–60 . 1998 . 9608047 . 10.1007/PL00006345 . 1998JMolE..46..649L . 10.1.1.323.2259 . 2101182 .
• Strausberg RL, Feingold EA, Grouse LH, etal . Generation and initial analysis of more than 15,000 full-length human and mouse cDNA sequences. . Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. . 99 . 26 . 16899–903 . 2003 . 12477932 . 10.1073/pnas.242603899 . 139241 . free . 2002PNAS...9916899M .
• Jacobs EY, Ogiwara I, Weiner AM . Role of the C-terminal domain of RNA polymerase II in U2 snRNA transcription and 3' processing. . Mol. Cell. Biol. . 24 . 2 . 846–55 . 2004 . 14701755 . 10.1128/MCB.24.2.846-855.2004 . 343789 .
• Lin KT, Lu RM, Tarn WY . The WW domain-containing proteins interact with the early spliceosome and participate in pre-mRNA splicing in vivo. . Mol. Cell. Biol. . 24 . 20 . 9176–85 . 2004 . 15456888 . 10.1128/MCB.24.20.9176-9185.2004 . 517884 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Entrez Gene: RNU2 RNA, U2 small nuclear.