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Short Interspersed Nucleotide Elements MeSH Descriptor Data 2026


MeSH Heading
Short Interspersed Nucleotide Elements
Tree Number(s)
G02.111.570.080.708.330.800.800
G05.360.080.708.330.800.800
G05.360.340.024.425.800.800
Unique ID
D020086
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D020086
Scope Note
Highly repeated sequences, 100-300 bases long, which contain RNA polymerase III promoters. The primate Alu (ALU ELEMENTS) and the rodent B1 SINEs are derived from 7SL RNA, the RNA component of the signal recognition particle. Most other SINEs are derived from tRNAs including the MIRs (mammalian-wide interspersed repeats).
Entry Term(s)
SINE
SINEs
Short Interspersed DNA Sequence Elements
Previous Indexing
Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid (1981-1998)
Public MeSH Note
1999
History Note
1999
Date Introduced
1999/01/01
Last Updated
2024/08/09
Short Interspersed Nucleotide Elements Preferred
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