Biology:Yar (gene)

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In molecular biology, Yar (yellow-achaete intergenic RNA) is a long non-coding RNA found in Drosophila. It is located within a neuronal gene cluster between the yellow and achaete genes.[1][2] It is found in the cytoplasm of cells and is required for the regulation of sleep.[2]

See also

  • Long noncoding RNA

References

  1. Li, X.; Soshnev, A. A.; Wehling, M. D.; Geyer, P. K. (2008). Akhtar, Asifa. ed. "Context Differences Reveal Insulator and Activator Functions of a Su(Hw) Binding Region". PLOS Genetics 4 (8): e1000159. doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1000159. PMID 18704163. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Soshnev, A. A.; Ishimoto, H.; McAllister, B. F.; Li, X.; Wehling, M. D.; Kitamoto, T.; Geyer, P. K. (2011). "A Conserved Long Non-coding RNA Affects Sleep Behavior in Drosophila". Genetics 189 (2): 455–468. doi:10.1534/genetics.111.131706. PMID 21775470.