RNase κ promotes robust piRNA production by generating 2′,3′-cyclic phosphate-containing precursors

Autor: Megumi Shigematsu, Takuya Kawamura, Keisuke Morichika, Natsuko Izumi, Takashi Kiuchi, Shozo Honda, Venetia Pliatsika, Ryuma Matsubara, Isidore Rigoutsos, Susumu Katsuma, Yukihide Tomari, Yohei Kirino
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Nature Communications, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 1-13 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-24681-w
Popis: Mature piRNAs are produced from long single-stranded precursor RNAs. Here the authors show that RNase κ generates 2′,3′-cyclic phosphate-containing piRNA precursors and promotes piRNA production.
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