Analysis of small RNA in fission yeast; Centromeric siRNAs are potentially generated through a structured RNA

EMBO Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 24, 2009, Pages 3832-3844

  Djupedal, Ingela ^a   Kos Braun, Isabelle C ^b,e   Mosher, Rebecca A ^c   Söderholm, Niklas ^a   Simmer, Femke ^b   Hardcastle, Thomas J ^c   Fender, Aurélie ^d   Heidrich, Nadja ^d   Kagansky, Alexander ^b   Bayne, Elizabeth ^b   Wagner, E Gerhart H ^d   Baulcombe, David C ^c   Allshire, Robin C ^b   Ekwall, Karl ^a  

^a SÖDERTÖRN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Centromeres; RNAi; S. pombe; Small RNA

Indexed keywords

ARGONAUTE 1 PROTEIN; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ARTICLE; CENTROMERE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; YEAST;

BASE SEQUENCE; CENTROMERE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; HETEROCHROMATIN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCETACEAE;

EID: 72449159549     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: 14602075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/emboj.2009.351     Document Type: Article

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