# SNORD50A wt Allele

National Cancer Institute

## Source

National Cancer Institute. SNORD50A wt Allele. NCI Thesaurus. Code C131744.

Human SNORD50A 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, plays a role in the metabolism of preribosomal RNA. Somatic loss of the gene may be associated with several cancers.