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    Relaxed targeting rules help PIWI proteins silence transposons

    In eukaryotes, small RNA guides, such as small interfering RNAs and microRNAs, direct AGO-clade Argonaute proteins to regulate gene expression and defend the genome against external threats. Only animals make ...

    Ildar Gainetdinov, Joel Vega-Badillo, Katharine Cecchini, Ayca Bagci in Nature (2023)

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    GTSF1 accelerates target RNA cleavage by PIWI-clade Argonaute proteins

    Argonaute proteins use nucleic acid guides to find and bind specific DNA or RNA target sequences. Argonaute proteins have diverse biological functions and many retain their ancestral endoribonuclease activity,...

    Amena Arif, Shannon Bailey, Natsuko Izumi, Todd A. Anzelon, Deniz M. Ozata in Nature (2022)