piRNA Biogenesis in Drosophila melanogaster

Trends in Genetics

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2017, Pages 882-894

  Huang, Xiawei ^a   Fejes Tóth, Katalin ^a   Aravin, Alexei A ^a  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PIWI INTERACTING RNA; PIWI PROTEIN; RNA PRECURSOR; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

BIOGENESIS; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CYTOPLASM; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GERM CELL; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; RNA PROCESSING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENETICS;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 85030168442     PISSN: 01689525     EISSN: 13624555     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tig.2017.09.002     Document Type: Review

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