Interactions between transposable elements and Argonautes have (probably) been shaping the Drosophila genome throughout evolution

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 181-187

  Siomi, Haruhiko ^a   Siomi, Mikiko C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGONAUTE PROTEIN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE;

BIOGENESIS; DNA METHYLATION; DROSOPHILA; EPIGENETICS; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA INTERFERENCE; SPERMATOGENESIS; TRANSPOSON;

ANIMALS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EVOLUTION; GENE SILENCING; GENOME, INSECT; HUMANS; RNA;

ANIMALIA; FUNGI;

EID: 44349122539     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gde.2008.01.002     Document Type: Review

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