Beyond transposons: The epigenetic and somatic functions of the Piwi-piRNA mechanism

Current Opinion in Cell Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 190-194

  Peng, Jamy C ^a   Lin, Haifan ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATING TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; DNA; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 90; HISTONE H3; HISTONE METHYLTRANSFERASE; MICRORNA 1; PIWI INTERACTING RNA; PIWI PROTEIN; ARGONAUTE PROTEIN; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; HISTONE; PIWI PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ARTICLE; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPIGENETICS; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME IMPRINTING; HISTONE METHYLATION; HISTONE MODIFICATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SOMATIC CELL; SOMATIC CELL GENETICS; TRANSPOSON; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ARGONAUTE PROTEINS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE SILENCING; HISTONES; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84877929407     PISSN: 09550674     EISSN: 18790410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceb.2013.01.010     Document Type: Review

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