External transcribed spacer
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External transcribed spacer (ETS) refers to a piece of non-functional RNA
, closely related to the internal transcribed spacer
, which is situated outside structural ribosomal RNAs (rRNA) on a common precursor transcript.
RNA
Ribonucleic acid , or RNA, is one of the three major macromolecules that are essential for all known forms of life....
, closely related to the internal transcribed spacer
Internal transcribed spacer
ITS refers to a piece of non-functional RNA situated between structural ribosomal RNAs on a common precursor transcript. Read from 5' to 3', this polycistronic rRNA precursor transcript contains the 5' external transcribed sequence , 18S rRNA, ITS1, 5.8S rRNA, ITS2, 28S rRNA and finally the 3'ETS...
, which is situated outside structural ribosomal RNAs (rRNA) on a common precursor transcript.