Abundant expression of somatic transposon-derived piRNAs throughout Tribolium castaneum embryogenesis
Abstract Background Piwi-interacting RNAs (piRNAs) are a class of short (~26–31-nucleotide) non-protein-coding RNAs expressed in the metazoan germline. The piRNA pathway in arthropods is best understood in the ovary of Drosophila melanogaster, where it acts to silence active transposable elements (T...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2017-09-01
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| Series: | Genome Biology |
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| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13059-017-1304-1 |