Developmental functions of piRNAs and transposable elements: A Drosophila point-of-view

RNA Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Simonelig, Martine ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HUMAN GENETICS   (France)

Author keywords

Deadenylation; Drosophila; Early development; Gene regulation; mRNA decay; Oogenesis; piRNA; RNA silencing; Translational control; Transposable elements

Indexed keywords

PIWI INTERACTING RNA;

CHROMOSOME CONDENSATION; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; DNA TRANSPOSITION; DROSOPHILA; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; REVIEW; TELOMERE; TRANSPOSON;

EID: 80052820048     PISSN: 15476286     EISSN: 15558584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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