Zucchini-dependent piRNA processing is triggered by recruitment to the cytoplasmic processing machinery

Genes and Development

Volumn 31, Issue 18, 2017, Pages 1858-1869

  Rogers, Alicia K ^a   Situ, Kathy ^a   Perkins, Edward M ^a   Toth, Katalin Fejes ^a  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Nuage; PiRNA biogenesis; Piwi; RNA sequestration; Tethering; Zucchini

Indexed keywords

ARGONAUTE 3 PROTEIN; ARGONAUTE PROTEIN; ARMITAGE PROTEIN; AUBERGINE PROTEIN; ENDONUCLEASE; HELICASE; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; NUCLEIC ACID BINDING PROTEIN; PIWI INTERACTING RNA; RDC COMPLEX; RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZUCCHINI ENZYME; AGO3 PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; ARMI PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; AUBERGINE PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; INITIATION FACTOR; PIWI PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; RIBONUCLEASE; RNA HELICASE; RNA PRECURSOR; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; ZUCCHINI PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUBERGINE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; COMPLEX FORMATION; CYTOPLASM; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; GERM CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR EXPORT; ORGANELLE BIOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA PROCESSING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; OVARY;

ANIMALS; ARGONAUTE PROTEINS; CYTOPLASM; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; ENDORIBONUCLEASES; FEMALE; GERM CELLS; OVARY; PEPTIDE INITIATION FACTORS; RNA HELICASES; RNA PRECURSORS; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING;

EID: 85032379061     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: 15495477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.303214.117     Document Type: Article

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