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ORGANISM(S): Gallus gallus
SUBMITTER: Christian Roy
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-44690 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Li Xin Zhiguo XZ Roy Christian K CK Dong Xianjun X Bolcun-Filas Ewelina E Wang Jie J Han Bo W BW Xu Jia J Moore Melissa J MJ Schimenti John C JC Weng Zhiping Z Zamore Phillip D PD
Molecular cell 20130321 1
Animal germ cells produce PIWI-interacting RNAs (piRNAs), small silencing RNAs that suppress transposons and enable gamete maturation. Mammalian transposon-silencing piRNAs accumulate early in spermatogenesis, whereas pachytene piRNAs are produced later during postnatal spermatogenesis and account for >95% of all piRNAs in the adult mouse testis. Mutants defective for pachytene piRNA pathway proteins fail to produce mature sperm, but neither the piRNA precursor transcripts nor the trigger for pa ...[more]