Posttranscriptional regulation of gene expression by piwi proteins and piRNAs

Molecular Cell

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 18-27

  Watanabe, Toshiaki ^a   Lin, Haifan ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PIWI INTERACTING RNA; PIWI PROTEIN; ARGONAUTE PROTEIN; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

BIOGENESIS; BIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; CHROMATIN; DEVELOPMENT; GAMETOGENESIS; HUMAN; HYBRID DYSGENESIS; NONHUMAN; POSTTRANSCRIPTIONAL GENE SILENCING; PSEUDOGENE; REVIEW; SEX DETERMINATION; TRANSPOSON; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RNA PROCESSING; RNA STABILITY; SEX DETERMINATION PROCESS;

ANIMALIA;

ARGONAUTE PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MODELS, GENETIC; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; RNA STABILITY; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SEX DETERMINATION PROCESSES;

EID: 84922391559     PISSN: 10972765     EISSN: 10974164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2014.09.012     Document Type: Review

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