Distinct functions for the drosophila pirna pathway in genome maintenance and telomere protection

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1-8

  Khurana, Jaspreet S ^a   Xu, Jia ^b   Weng, Zhiping ^a   Theurkauf, William E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PIWI INTERACTING RNA; AGO3 PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; ARMI PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; AUBERGINE PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; INITIATION FACTOR; NONHISTONE PROTEIN; RHINO PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; RNA HELICASE; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE TARGETING; INSECT GENOME; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; RNA CLEAVAGE; TELOMERE; Y CHROMOSOME; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENETICS; GENOME; METABOLISM; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENOME, INSECT; MEIOSIS; PEPTIDE INITIATION FACTORS; RNA HELICASES; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TELOMERE;

EID: 78650706948     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1001246     Document Type: Article

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