Long Intergenic Non-Protein Coding RNA 44

**Semantic type:** Nucleic Acid, Nucleoside, or Nucleotide

**Definition:** Long intergenic non-protein coding RNA 44 (~0.5 kb) is encoded by the human SNHG5 gene. This non-coding RNA plays a role in the synthesis of small nucleolar RNAs U50 and U50'.

**Synonyms:** - LINC00044 - NCRNA00044 - Non-Protein Coding RNA 44 - SNHG5 LincRNA - Small Nucleolar RNA Host Gene 5 LincRNA - Small Nucleolar RNA Host Gene 5 Long Non-Coding RNA - U50 Host LincRNA