PRDE-1 is a nuclear factor essential for the biogenesis of Ruby motif-dependent piRNAs in C. elegans

Genes and Development

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 783-796

  Weick, Eva Maria ^a   Sarkies, Peter ^a   Silva, Nicola ^b   Chen, Ron A ^a   Moss, Sylviane M M ^a   Cording, Amy C ^a   Ahringer, Julie ^a   Martinez Perez, Enrique ^b   Miska, Eric A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

21U RNA; C. elegans; piRNA biogenesis; PRDE 1

Indexed keywords

NUCLEAR FACTOR; PIWI INTERACTING RNA; PRDE 1 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHROMOSOME 4; GENE CONTROL; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SILENCING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRECURSOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

21U-RNA; C. ELEGANS; PIRNA BIOGENESIS; PRDE-1;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CHROMOSOMES; FERTILITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GERM CELLS; MUTATION; RNA STABILITY; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING;

EID: 84898882755     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: 15495477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.238105.114     Document Type: Article

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