# SNORD50B wt Allele

National Cancer Institute

## Source

National Cancer Institute. SNORD50B wt Allele. NCI Thesaurus. Code C131747.

Human SNORD50B wild-type allele is located in the vicinity of 6q14.3 and is approximately 2 kb in length. This allele, which encodes U50' small nucleolar RNA, is involved in the metabolism of ribosomal RNA. Somatic loss of the gene may be associated with various neoplastic diseases.