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The ERI-6/7 helicase acts at the first stage of an siRNA amplification pathway that targets recent gene duplications.
PLoS genetics - 1 Nov 2011
Fischer Sylvia E J, Montgomery Taiowa A, Zhang Chi, Fahlgren Noah, Breen Peter C, Hwang Alexia, Sullivan Christopher M, Carrington James C, Ruvkun Gary
Abstract excerpt
Endogenous small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) are a class of naturally occuring regulatory RNAs found in fungi, plants, and animals. Some endogenous siRNAs are required to silence transposons or function in chromosome segregation; however, the specific roles of most endogenous siRNAs are unclear. The helicase gene eri-6/7 was identified in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans by the enhanced response to exogenous...
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