Conserved generation of short products at piRNA loci

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The piRNA pathway operates in animal germ lines to ensure genome integrity through retrotransposon silencing. The Piwi protein-associated small RNAs (piRNAs) guide Piwi proteins to retrotransposon transcripts, which are degraded and...

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Main Authors: Khorshid Mohsen, Jaskiewicz Lukasz, Berninger Philipp, Zavolan Mihaela
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-01-01
Series:BMC Genomics
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2164/12/46