PIWI-interacting RNAs: small RNAs with big functions

Deniz M. Özata; Ildar Gainetdinov; Ansgar Zoch; Dónal O’Carroll; Phillip D. Zamore

doi:10.1038/s41576-018-0073-3

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Piwi-interacting RNARasiRNATransposable elementBiologyGeneticsSmall RNAGene silencingArgonauteBiogenesisComputational biologyGeneRNAGermlineRNA interferenceGenome

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Year: 2018
Type: review
Volume: 20
Issue: 2
Pages: 89-108
Citations: 1137
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                                    Deniz M. Özata, 
                                
                                    Ildar Gainetdinov, 
                                
                                    Ansgar Zoch
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2018). 
                            PIWI-interacting RNAs: small RNAs with big functions. 
                            Nature Reviews Genetics
                            , 20
                            (2)
                            , 89-108.
                            https://doi.org/10.1038/s41576-018-0073-3
                        

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DOI: 10.1038/s41576-018-0073-3