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The characterisation of piRNA-related 19mers in the mouse

BACKGROUND: Piwi interacting RNA, or piRNA, is a class of small RNA almost exclusively expressed in the germline where they serve essential roles in retrotransposon silencing. There are two types, primary and secondary piRNA, and the latter is a product of enzymatic cleavage of retrotransposons'...

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Autores principales: Oey, Harald M, Youngson, Neil A, Whitelaw, Emma
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3143105/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21672259
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2164-12-315