SNORD115-18 Gene

HGNC Family Non-coding RNAs
Name small nucleolar RNA, C/D box 115-18
Description Predicted to be involved in RNA processing. Predicted to be located in nucleolus. [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Mar 2025]
Summary
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Synonyms HBII-52-18
NCBI Gene ID 100033456
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Functional Associations

SNORD115-18 has 171 functional associations with biological entities spanning 3 categories (molecular profile, cell line, cell type or tissue, gene, protein or microRNA) extracted from 7 datasets.

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Dataset Summary
CCLE Cell Line Gene CNV Profiles cell lines with high or low copy number of SNORD115-18 gene relative to other cell lines from the CCLE Cell Line Gene CNV Profiles dataset.
ENCODE Histone Modification Site Profiles histone modification site profiles with high histone modification abundance at SNORD115-18 gene from the ENCODE Histone Modification Site Profiles dataset.
ENCODE Transcription Factor Binding Site Profiles transcription factor binding site profiles with transcription factor binding evidence at the promoter of SNORD115-18 gene from the ENCODE Transcription Factor Binding Site Profiles dataset.
ENCODE Transcription Factor Targets transcription factors binding the promoter of SNORD115-18 gene in ChIP-seq datasets from the ENCODE Transcription Factor Targets dataset.
JASPAR Predicted Transcription Factor Targets transcription factors regulating expression of SNORD115-18 gene predicted using known transcription factor binding site motifs from the JASPAR Predicted Transcription Factor Targets dataset.
Klijn et al., Nat. Biotechnol., 2015 Cell Line Gene CNV Profiles cell lines with high or low copy number of SNORD115-18 gene relative to other cell lines from the Klijn et al., Nat. Biotechnol., 2015 Cell Line Gene CNV Profiles dataset.
Roadmap Epigenomics Histone Modification Site Profiles histone modification site profiles with high histone modification abundance at SNORD115-18 gene from the Roadmap Epigenomics Histone Modification Site Profiles dataset.