piRNAsは,C. elegansの生殖系統の非自己RNAの表遺伝的記憶を開始する

Masaki Shirayama1, Meetu Seth, Heng-Chi Lee

  • 1Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 373 Plantation Street, Worcester, MA 01605, USA.

Cell
|June 29, 2012
PubMed
まとめ

生物はRNAの干渉を用いて外来DNAを沈黙させる. PRG-1およびWAGOアルゴナウトタンパク質を含む新しい経路は,自己と非自己核酸を区別するための分子記憶を確立します.

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