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Splicing-independent loading of TREX on nascent RNA is required for efficient expression of dual-strand piRNA clusters in Drosophila.
Genes & development - 1 Apr 2016
Hur Junho K, Luo Yicheng, Moon Sungjin, Ninova Maria, Marinov Georgi K, Chung Yun D, Aravin Alexei A
Abstract excerpt
The conserved THO/TREX (transcription/export) complex is critical for pre-mRNA processing and mRNA nuclear export. In metazoa, TREX is loaded on nascent RNA transcribed by RNA polymerase II in a splicing-dependent fashion; however, how TREX functions is poorly understood. Here we show that Thoc5 and other TREX components are essential for the biogenesis of piRNA, a distinct class of small noncoding RNAs that...
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