Conservation of the ancestral function of GTSF1 in transposon silencing in unicellular Paramecium
C. Wang, L. Lv, T. Solberg, Z. Wen, H. Zhang, F. Gao
This study shows that GTSF1 functions as a PIWI cofactor in transposon silencing in the unicellular eukaryote Paramecium, conserving an ancestral role observed in metazoans.
bioRxiv · Oct 6, 2023 · PreprintCell Biology