Maternally inherited piRNAs direct transient heterochromatin formation at active transposons during early Drosophila embryogenesis
Martin Fabry, Federica A. Falconio, Fadwa Joud, Emily K Lythgoe, Benjamin Czech, Gregory J. Hannon
The paper investigates the role of maternally inherited piRNAs in silencing transposons in early Drosophila embryos by analyzing their impact on heterochromatin formation and transposon expression.
eLife · Jul 8, 2021Peer-reviewedMolecular Biology