Gender-specific hierarchy in nuage localization of PIWI-interacting RNA factors in Drosophila
PIWI-interacting RNAs (piRNAs) are germline-specific small non-coding RNAs that form piRNA-induced silencing complexes (piRISCs) by associating with PIWI proteins, a subclade of the Argonaute proteins predominantly expressed in the germline. piRISCs protect the integrity of the germline genome from...
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Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2011-08-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Genetics |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fgene.2011.00055/full |