Dimerisation of the PICTS complex via LC8/Cut-up drives co-transcriptional transposon silencing in Drosophila

In animal gonads, the PIWI-interacting RNA (piRNA) pathway guards genome integrity in part through the co-transcriptional gene silencing of transposon insertions. In Drosophila ovaries, piRNA-loaded Piwi detects nascent transposon transcripts and instructs heterochromatin formation through the Panor...

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Main Authors: Evelyn L Eastwood, Kayla A Jara, Susanne Bornelöv, Marzia Munafò, Vasileios Frantzis, Emma Kneuss, Elisar J Barbar, Benjamin Czech, Gregory J Hannon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2021-02-01
Series:eLife
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Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/65557