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ORGANISM(S): Caenorhabditis elegans
SUBMITTER: Eugene Berezikov
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-31783 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Kamminga Leonie M LM van Wolfswinkel Josien C JC Luteijn Maartje J MJ Kaaij Lucas J T LJ Bagijn Marloes P MP Sapetschnig Alexandra A Miska Eric A EA Berezikov Eugene E Ketting René F RF
PLoS genetics 20120719 7
RNA interference (RNAi)-related pathways affect gene activity by sequence-specific recruitment of Ago proteins to mRNA target molecules. The sequence specificity of this process stems from small RNA (sRNA) co-factors bound by the Ago protein. Stability of sRNA molecules in some pathways is in part regulated by Hen1-mediated methylation of their 3' ends. Here we describe the effects of the Caenorhabditis elegans HEN1 RNA-methyl-transferase homolog, HENN-1, on the different RNAi pathways in this n ...[more]