Plant snoRNA database

The Plant snoRNA database ( http: / / www. scri. sari. ac. uk/ plant_ snoRNA/) provides information on small nucleolar RNAs from Arabidopsis and eighteen other plant species. Information includes sequences, expression data, methylation and pseudouridylation target modification sites, initial gene organization ( polycistronic, single gene and intronic) and the number of gene variants. The Arabidopsis information is divided into box C/ D and box H/ ACA snoRNAs, and within each of these groups, by target sites in rRNA, snRNA or unknown. Alignments of orthologous genes and gene variants from different plant species are available for many snoRNA genes. Plant snoRNA genes have been given a standard nomenclature, designed wherever possible, to provide a consistent identity with yeast and human orthologues.