RNA silencing in germlines-exquisite collaboration of Argonaute proteins with small RNAs for germline survival

Current Opinion in Cell Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 426-434

  Siomi, Mikiko C ^a,b   Kuramochi Miyagawa, Satomi ^b,c  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGONAUTE PROTEIN; PIWI INTERACTING RNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

BIOGENESIS; CELL SURVIVAL; DROSOPHILA; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GERMLINE MICRONUCLEUS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POSTTRANSCRIPTIONAL GENE SILENCING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA PROCESSING; TRANSPOSON;

ANIMALS; GENE SILENCING; MALE; PROTEINS; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; RNA, UNTRANSLATED; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS;

MUS;

EID: 66049130912     PISSN: 09550674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceb.2009.02.003     Document Type: Review

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