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Paramutation in Drosophila Requires Both Nuclear and Cytoplasmic Actors of the piRNA Pathway and Induces Cis-spreading of piRNA Production.
Genetics - 1 Dec 2015
Hermant Catherine, Boivin Antoine, Teysset Laure, Delmarre Valérie, Asif-Laidin Amna, van den Beek Marius, Antoniewski Christophe, Ronsseray Stéphane
Abstract excerpt
Transposable element activity is repressed in the germline in animals by PIWI-interacting RNAs (piRNAs), a class of small RNAs produced by genomic loci mostly composed of TE sequences. The mechanism of induction of piRNA production by these loci is still enigmatic. We have shown that, in Drosophila melanogaster, a cluster of tandemly repeated P-lacZ-white transgenes can be activated for piRNA production by...
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