Small RNA-mediated genome rearrangement pathways in ciliates.
Trends Genet
; 39(2): 94-97, 2023 02.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-36371355
ABSTRACT
Most eukaryotes employ a combination of transcriptional and post-transcriptional silencing mechanisms to suppress transposons, yet ciliates employ a more extreme approach. They separate germline and somatic functions into distinct nuclei, enabling the elimination of transposons from the active somatic genome through diverse small RNA-mediated genome rearrangement pathways during sexual processes.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
RNA
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Ciliophora
Language:
En
Journal:
Trends Genet
Journal subject:
GENETICA
Year:
2023
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
China