Yar (gene)

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]

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  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. PMC 2493044Freely accessible. PMID 18704163.
  2. 1 2 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): 455–68. doi:10.1534/genetics.111.131706. PMC 3189806Freely accessible. PMID 21775470.
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