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Mili, a mammalian member of piwi family gene, is essential for spermatogenesis.
Development (Cambridge, England) - 1 Feb 2004
Kuramochi-Miyagawa Satomi, Kimura Tohru, Ijiri Takashi W, Isobe Taku, Asada Noriko, Fujita Yukiko, Ikawa Masahito, Iwai Naomi, Okabe Masaru, Deng Wei, Lin Haifan, Matsuda Yoichi, Nakano Toru
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The piwi family genes, which are defined by conserved PAZ and Piwi domains, play important roles in stem cell self-renewal, RNA silencing, and translational regulation in various organisms. To reveal the function of the mammalian homolog of piwi, we produced and analyzed mice with targeted mutati...
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