Molecular BiologyNucleic Acids ResearchPeer-reviewed
The piRNA pathway mediates transcriptional silencing of LTR retrotransposons in ovaries and somatic tissues of Aedes mosquitoes
Ezgi Taşköprü, Nynke B van Eijk, Femke A.H. van Hout…·Ronald P. van Rij
This study shows that Piwi6 in Aedes mosquitoes suppresses LTR retrotransposons in both gonadal and somatic tissues by guiding H3K9me3 histone deposition.
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