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Somatic misexpression of germline P granules and enhanced RNA interference in retinoblastoma pathway mutants.
Nature - 28 Jul 2005
Wang Duo, Kennedy Scott, Conte Darryl, Kim John K, Gabel Harrison W, Kamath Ravi S, Mello Craig C, Ruvkun Gary
Abstract excerpt
Caenorhabditis elegans homologues of the retinoblastoma (Rb) tumour suppressor complex specify cell lineage during development. Here we show that mutations in Rb pathway components enhance RNA interference (RNAi) and cause somatic cells to express genes and elaborate perinuclear structures normally limited to germline-specific P granules. Furthermore, particular gene inactivations that disrupt RNAi reverse the...
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