Diverse Defenses: A Perspective Comparing Dipteran Piwi-piRNA Pathways

Animals face the dual threat of virus infections hijacking cellular function and transposons proliferating in germline genomes. For insects, the deeply conserved RNA interference (RNAi) pathways and other chromatin regulators provide an important line of defense against both viruses and transposons....

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Main Authors: Stephanie Gamez, Satyam Srivastav, Omar S. Akbari, Nelson C. Lau
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-09-01
Series:Cells
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/9/10/2180