Chromosome contains RNA，but What role It plays?

by **yissa** » Sun Mar 21, 2010 8:05 am

by **yissa** » Sun Mar 21, 2010 3:01 pm

is it referring to snoRna or snRna?

by **ChinnRod** » Thu Mar 25, 2010 10:42 am

As far as I know, the telomerase is the important part of the Chromosome.The telomerase contains RNA and it protects the Chromosome from being cut.
I'm a Chinese.My English is just so so

by **JackBean** » Thu Mar 25, 2010 10:58 am

As far as I know, the telomerase is active only in embryonic or some cancer cells, but definitely not in somatic cells.

by **yissa** » Fri Mar 26, 2010 11:13 am

i agree with ChinnRod

Telomerase is not active in normal cell.But it exist.

BY the way ,some people tell me it is mrna.

does anyone tell me the correct answer

by **JackBean** » Fri Mar 26, 2010 2:17 pm

yeah, but as it's not expressed, it's obviously not on chromosomes, right? :wink:

You see, how simple :lol:

But I would say pre-mRNA, because it's further proccessed till it becomes mature mRNA

by **sunghoo** » Sun Mar 28, 2010 6:36 pm

I wouldn't be too sure if it is pre mRNA...

by **JackBean** » Sun Mar 28, 2010 6:56 pm

why not? If not, what else?

by **sunghoo** » Sun Mar 28, 2010 7:27 pm

I know theres portion of human DNA in chromosome, but I do not know much about hnRNA, im sure it contain in nucleus, but I cannot recall if its from choromosomes.

by **kolean** » Mon Mar 29, 2010 2:36 am

One of my favorite RNA genes that then binds to the chromosome: Xist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xist
its role is to silence the one X chromosome in the double XX cell (female)

Chromosome contains RNA，but What role It plays?

Chromosome contains RNA，but What role It plays?

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