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MET-2-Dependent H3K9 Methylation Suppresses Transgenerational Small RNA Inheritance.
Current biology : CB - 24 Apr 2017
Lev Itamar, Seroussi Uri, Gingold Hila, Bril Roberta, Anava Sarit, Rechavi Oded
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In C. elegans, alterations to chromatin produce transgenerational effects, such as inherited increase in lifespan and gradual loss of fertility. Inheritance of histone modifications can be induced by double-stranded RNA-derived heritable small RNAs. Here, we show that the mortal germline phenotype, which is typical of met-2 mutants, defective in H3K9 methylation, depends on HRDE-1, an argonaute that carries small...
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