Khurana, Jaspreet S.; Xu, Jia; Weng, Zhiping; Theurkauf, William E.
(Public Library of Science, 2010-12-16)
Transposons and other selfish DNA elements can be found in all phyla, and mobilization of these elements can compromise genome integrity. The piRNA (PIWI-interacting RNA) pathway silences transposons in the germline, but ...