The telomere-specific non-LTR retrotransposons SART1 and TRAS1 are suppressed by Piwi subfamily proteins in the silkworm, Bombyx mori

Cellular and Molecular Biology Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 118-133

  Tatsuke, Tsuneyuki ^a,b   Sakashita, Kosuke ^a   Masaki, Yuki ^a   Lee, Jae Man ^a   Kawaguchi, Yutaka ^a   Kusakabe, Takahiro ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bombyx mori; Piwi; SART1; Telomere; TRAS1

Indexed keywords

ARGONAUTE 3 PROTEIN; ARGONAUTE PROTEIN; NUCLEIC ACID BINDING PROTEIN; PIWI INTERACTING RNA; PIWI PROTEIN; SIWI PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL GRANULE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GONAD; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; RETROPOSON; RNA INTERFERENCE; SILKWORM; TELOMERE; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

BOMBYX MORI;

EID: 76149100567     PISSN: 14258153     EISSN: 16891392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11658-009-0038-9     Document Type: Article

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