| Literature DB >> 18789407 |
Kathryn L Huisinga1, Sarah C R Elgin.
Abstract
A link between the RNAi system and heterochromatin formation has been established in several model organisms including Schizosaccharomyces pombe and Arabidopsis thaliana. However, the data to support a role for small RNAs and the associated machinery in transcriptional gene silencing in animal systems is more tenuous. Using the S. pombe system as a model, we analyze the role of small RNA pathway components and associated small RNAs in regulating transposable elements and potentially directing heterochromatin formation at these elements in Drosophila melanogaster.Entities:
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Year: 2008 PMID: 18789407 PMCID: PMC2633771 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagrm.2008.08.002
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Biochim Biophys Acta ISSN: 0006-3002