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Drosophila endogenous small RNAs bind to Argonaute 2 in somatic cells

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  • Yoshinori Kawamura

    (Institute for Genome Research, University of Tokushima)

  • Kuniaki Saito

    (Institute for Genome Research, University of Tokushima
    Keio University School of Medicine, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-8582, Japan)

  • Taishin Kin

    (Computational Biology Research Center, Advanced Industrial Science and Technology)

  • Yukiteru Ono

    (Information and Mathematical Science Laboratory, Inc.)

  • Kiyoshi Asai

    (Computational Biology Research Center, Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
    Graduate School of Frontier Science, University of Tokyo)

  • Takafumi Sunohara

    (Institute for Genome Research, University of Tokushima)

  • Tomoko N. Okada

    (Institute for Genome Research, University of Tokushima
    Keio University School of Medicine, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-8582, Japan)

  • Mikiko C. Siomi

    (Institute for Genome Research, University of Tokushima
    Keio University School of Medicine, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-8582, Japan
    Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology (CREST))

  • Haruhiko Siomi

    (Institute for Genome Research, University of Tokushima
    Keio University School of Medicine, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-8582, Japan)

Abstract

Endo-siRNAs in Drosophila Transposable elements have recently been shown to be active in somatic as well as germline cells. Recently, a class of small RNAs, piRNAs, was shown to be expressed from retrotransposons in germline cells and to mediate their transcriptional silencing. In this study, Kawamura et al. identify another class of small RNAs, endogenous siRNAs (endo-siRNAs), many of which are expressed from (and repress) retrotransposons, but in somatic cells. Interestingly, endo-siRNAs and piRNAs interact with different subfamilies of Argonaute proteins involved in RNA inhibition.

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  • Yoshinori Kawamura & Kuniaki Saito & Taishin Kin & Yukiteru Ono & Kiyoshi Asai & Takafumi Sunohara & Tomoko N. Okada & Mikiko C. Siomi & Haruhiko Siomi, 2008. "Drosophila endogenous small RNAs bind to Argonaute 2 in somatic cells," Nature, Nature, vol. 453(7196), pages 793-797, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:453:y:2008:i:7196:d:10.1038_nature06938
    DOI: 10.1038/nature06938
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