Biogenesis of Developmental Master Regulatory 27nt-RNAs in <i>Stylonychia</i>—Can Coding RNA Turn into Non-Coding?

In the ciliate <i>Stylonychia,</i> somatic macronuclei differentiate from germline micronuclei during sexual reproduction, accompanied by developmental sequence reduction. Concomitantly, over 95% of micronuclear sequences adopt a heterochromatin structure characterized by the histone var...

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Main Authors: Jan Postberg, Patrick Philipp Weil, Anton Pembaur
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-11-01
Series:Genes
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4425/10/11/940