QIP, a protein that converts duplex siRNA into single strands, is required for meiotic silencing by unpaired DNA

Genetics

Volumn 186, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 119-126

  Xiao, Hua ^a   Alexander, William G ^a   Hammond, Thomas M ^a   Boone, Erin C ^a   Perdue, Tony D ^b   Pukkila, Patricia J ^b   Shiu, Patrick K T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; EXONUCLEASE; FUNGAL PROTEIN; QDE 2 INTERACTING PROTEIN; SINGLE STRANDED RNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; GENE CONVERSION; GENE LOCATION; GENE SILENCING; MEIOSIS; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA INTERFERENCE;

CELL NUCLEUS; DNA, SINGLE-STRANDED; EXONUCLEASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENE SILENCING; HOMOZYGOTE; MEIOSIS; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING;

EUKARYOTA; NEUROSPORA CRASSA;

EID: 78751675650     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: 00166731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.110.118273     Document Type: Article

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