| Literature DB >> 22196722 |
Mia T Levine1, Harmit S Malik.
Abstract
Piwi-interacting RNAs (piRNAs) help defend host genomes against germline transposons. In this issue of Cell, Khurana et al. show how alterations in the piRNA-encoding loci within a single generation allow a naive fly genome to overcome the initially insurmountable challenge imposed by a newly encountered mobile element.Entities:
Year: 2011 PMID: 22196722 PMCID: PMC3725141 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2011.12.001
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Cell ISSN: 0092-8674 Impact factor: 41.582