| Literature DB >> 35796957 |
Makoto Kashima1, Atsumi Miyata2, Norito Shibata3.
Abstract
The freshwater planarian Dugesia japonica is a good in vivo model for studying the function of piwi genes in adult pluripotent stem cell (aPSC) due to their abundant aPSCs. Generally, PIWI family proteins encoded by piwi genes bind to small noncoding RNAs called piRNAs (PIWI-interacting piRNAs). The analysis of PIWI-piRNA complexes in the planarian is useful for revealing the functions of piwi genes in the aPSC system. In this chapter, we present an immunoprecipitation protocol for PIWI-piRNA complexes from whole planarians.Entities:
Keywords: Immunoprecipitation; Neoblast; PIWI; Planarian; RNA-binding protein; Stem cell; piRNA
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Year: 2022 PMID: 35796957 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-2380-0_4
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Methods Mol Biol ISSN: 1064-3745