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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Drosophila melanogaster
SUBMITTER: Wei-Jen Chung
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-10794 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Nature 20080507 7196
In contrast to microRNAs and Piwi-associated RNAs, short interfering RNAs (siRNAs) are seemingly dispensable for host-directed gene regulation in Drosophila. This notion is based on the fact that mutants lacking the core siRNA-generating enzyme Dicer-2 or the predominant siRNA effector Argonaute 2 are viable, fertile and of relatively normal morphology. Moreover, endogenous Drosophila siRNAs have not yet been identified. Here we report that siRNAs derived from long hairpin RNA genes (hpRNAs) pro ...[more]