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Bxd (gene)

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Bithoraxoid conserved region 1
Conserved secondary structure of Bithoraxoid conserved region 1
Identifiers
Symbolbxd_1
RfamRF01929
Other data
RNA typeGene
Domain(s)Drosophila
PDB structuresPDBe

Bithoraxoid (bxd) is a long non-coding RNA found in Drosophila. It silences the expression of the Ultrabithorax (Ubx) gene by transcriptional interference.[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ Petruk S, Sedkov Y, Riley KM, et al. (December 2006). "Transcription of bxd noncoding RNAs promoted by trithorax represses Ubx in cis by transcriptional interference". Cell. 127 (6): 1209–1221. doi:10.1016/j.cell.2006.10.039. PMC 1866366. PMID 17174895.
  2. ^ Petruk S, Sedkov Y, Brock HW, Mazo A (2007). "A model for initiation of mosaic HOX gene expression patterns by non-coding RNAs in early embryos". RNA Biol. 4 (1): 1–6. doi:10.4161/rna.4.1.4300. PMID 17568198.

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