# U1 snRNA descriptor (Giardia) # 5' intron recognition site: 5' AACATA 3' # Sm-binding site AANTTTGN # Giardia's snRNAs may be reduced as seen with the U1 snRNA from T. brucei. # the search is done by restricting stem-1, stem-2 and stem-5 only, in case # stem-3 and stem-4 are missing. # conserved loop-2 sequence seen in human and T. brucei: ATCACGAA s1 h1 s2 h2 s3 h2' s4 h1' s5 h3 s6 h3' s1 1 NAACATANN h1 0:0 NNNN:NNNN s2 0 N h2 1:0 ******NNNN:NNNN****** s3 1 *ATCACGAA* s4 0 NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN[50] s5 0 NNNNN*****AANTTTGN**** h3 2:2 *******NNNN:NNNN******* s6 0 NNNN**