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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Caenorhabditis elegans
SUBMITTER: Taiowa Montgomery
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-32366 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Fischer Sylvia E J SE Montgomery Taiowa A TA Zhang Chi C Fahlgren Noah N Breen Peter C PC Hwang Alexia A Sullivan Christopher M CM Carrington James C JC Ruvkun Gary G
PLoS genetics 20111110 11
Endogenous small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) are a class of naturally occuring regulatory RNAs found in fungi, plants, and animals. Some endogenous siRNAs are required to silence transposons or function in chromosome segregation; however, the specific roles of most endogenous siRNAs are unclear. The helicase gene eri-6/7 was identified in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans by the enhanced response to exogenous double-stranded RNAs (dsRNAs) of the null mutant. eri-6/7 encodes a helicase homologous ...[more]