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Mouse MOV10L1 associates with Piwi proteins and is an essential component of the Piwi-interacting RNA (piRNA) pathway.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 29 Jun 2010
Zheng Ke, Xiol Jordi, Reuter Michael, Eckardt Sigrid, Leu N Adrian, McLaughlin K John, Stark Alexander, Sachidanandam Ravi, Pillai Ramesh S, Wang Peijing Jeremy
Abstract excerpt
Piwi-interacting RNAs (piRNAs) are essential for silencing of transposable elements in the germline, but their biogenesis is poorly understood. Here we demonstrate that MOV10L1, a germ cell-specific putative RNA helicase, is associated with Piwi proteins. Genetic disruption of the MOV10L1 RNA helicase domain in mice renders both MILI and MIWI2 devoid of piRNAs. Absence of a functional piRNA pathway in Mov10l1...
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