To be or not to be a piRNA: Genomic origin and processing of piRNAs

Genome Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Le Thomas, Adrien ^a,b   Tóth, Katalin F ^a   Aravin, Alexei A ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; PIWI INTERACTING RNA; RNA PRECURSOR; SINGLE STRANDED RNA; CHROMATIN; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENOMICS; INHERITANCE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; RNA BINDING; RNA PROCESSING; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA SPLICING; RNA STRUCTURE; RNA SYNTHESIS; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; BIOGENESIS; DROSOPHILA; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PROMOTER REGION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSGENICS; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CHROMATIN; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOUSE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; CHROMATIN; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENETIC LOCI; GENOMICS; MICE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING;

EID: 84893013259     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1474760X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/gb4154     Document Type: Review

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