| Literature DB >> 25149904 |
Radha Raman Pandey1, Ramesh S Pillai1.
Abstract
Precursors for most Piwi-interacting RNAs (piRNAs) are indistinguishable from other RNA polymerase II-transcribed long noncoding RNAs. So, it is currently unclear how they are recognized as substrates by the piRNA processing machinery that resides in cytoplasmic granules called nuage. In this issue, Castaneda et al (2014) reveal a role for the nuage component and nucleo-cytoplasmic shuttling protein Maelstrom in mouse piRNA biogenesis.Entities:
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Year: 2014 PMID: 25149904 PMCID: PMC4195765 DOI: 10.15252/embj.201489670
Source DB: PubMed Journal: EMBO J ISSN: 0261-4189 Impact factor: 11.598