PIWI associated siRNAs and piRNAs specifically require the Caenorhabditis elegans HEN1 ortholog henn-1

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Montgomery, Taiowa A ^a   Rim, Young Soo ^a   Zhang, Chi ^a   Dowen, Robert H ^a   Phillips, Carolyn M ^a   Fischer, Sylvia E J ^a   Ruvkun, Gary ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGONAUTE PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; METHYLTRANSFERASE; MICRORNA; PIWI INTERACTING RNA; PIWI PROTEIN; PROTEIN ERGO 1; PROTEIN GFL 1; PROTEIN HENN 1; PROTEIN MES 4; REGULATOR PROTEIN; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; ERGO 1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; ERGO-1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; HEN 1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; HEN-1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; MES 4 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; MES-4 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; NERVE PROTEIN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; BIOSENSOR; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CLADISTICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE MAPPING; GENE SILENCING; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA PROCESSING; TRANSGENE; X CHROMOSOME; ANIMAL; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; METHYLATION; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; ARGONAUTE PROTEINS; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; METHYLATION; MUTATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PHYLOGENY; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 84860562145     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1002616     Document Type: Article

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