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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Schizosaccharomyces pombe
SUBMITTER: Shiv Grewal
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-41643 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Yamanaka Soichiro S Mehta Sameet S Reyes-Turcu Francisca E FE Zhuang Fanglei F Fuchs Ryan T RT Rong Yikang Y Robb Gregory B GB Grewal Shiv I S SI
Nature 20121114 7433
RNA interference (RNAi) is a conserved mechanism in which small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) guide the degradation of cognate RNAs, but also promote heterochromatin assembly at repetitive DNA elements such as centromeric repeats. However, the full extent of RNAi functions and its endogenous targets have not been explored. Here we show that, in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe, RNAi and heterochromatin factors cooperate to silence diverse loci, including sexual differentiation genes, gene ...[more]