Two novel PIWI families: Roles in inter-genomic conflicts in bacteria and Mediator-dependent modulation of transcription in eukaryotes

Biology Direct

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Burroughs, A Maxwell ^a   Iyer, Lakshminarayan M ^a   Aravind, L ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA;

ARGONAUTE PROTEIN; RNA;

BACTERIA; EUKARYOTE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM;

ARGONAUTE PROTEINS; BACTERIA; EUKARYOTA; RNA;

EID: 84878660353     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456150     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6150-8-13     Document Type: Article

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