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Epigenetic transmission of piRNAs through the female germline

In Drosophila, small RNAs bound to Piwi proteins are epigenetic factors transmitted from the mother to the progeny germline. This ensures 'immunization' of progeny against transposable elements.

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Autores principales: Shpiz, Sergey, Kalmykova, Alla
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2688286/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19232071
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/gb-2009-10-2-208
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spelling pubmed-26882862010-02-09 Epigenetic transmission of piRNAs through the female germline Shpiz, Sergey Kalmykova, Alla Genome Biol Minireview In Drosophila, small RNAs bound to Piwi proteins are epigenetic factors transmitted from the mother to the progeny germline. This ensures 'immunization' of progeny against transposable elements. BioMed Central 2009 2009-02-09 /pmc/articles/PMC2688286/ /pubmed/19232071 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/gb-2009-10-2-208 Text en Copyright © 2009 BioMed Central Ltd
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Shpiz, Sergey
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Epigenetic transmission of piRNAs through the female germline
title Epigenetic transmission of piRNAs through the female germline
title_full Epigenetic transmission of piRNAs through the female germline
title_fullStr Epigenetic transmission of piRNAs through the female germline
title_full_unstemmed Epigenetic transmission of piRNAs through the female germline
title_short Epigenetic transmission of piRNAs through the female germline
title_sort epigenetic transmission of pirnas through the female germline
topic Minireview
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2688286/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19232071
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/gb-2009-10-2-208
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