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RdRP-synthesized antisense ribosomal siRNAs silence pre-rRNA via the nuclear RNAi pathway.
Nature structural & molecular biology - 1 Mar 2017
Zhou Xufei, Feng Xuezhu, Mao Hui, Li Mu, Xu Fei, Hu Kai, Guang Shouhong
Abstract excerpt
Expression of rRNA affects cell growth and proliferation, but mechanisms that modulate rRNA levels are poorly understood. We conducted a genetic screen for factors that negatively regulate generation of endogenous short interfering RNA (endo-siRNA) in Caenorhabditis elegans and identified a suppressor of siRNA (susi-1) and antisense ribosomal siRNAs (risiRNAs). risiRNAs show sequence complementary to 18S and 26S...
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