Published September 2020 | Version public
Journal Article

New players on the piRNA field

  • 1. ROR icon California Institute of Technology

Abstract

The nuclear piRNA pathway safeguards genome integrity in the germline by silencing transposable elements. Three recent studies have identified new players in the mammalian pathway. Two of these, TEX15 and SPOCD1, might provide a link between piRNA-guided complexes that recognize genomic targets and the molecular machinery that induces DNA methylation and transcriptional repression during mouse spermatogenesis.

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© 2020 Nature Publishing Group. Published: 12 August 2020; Issue Date: September 2020. The authors declare no competing interests.

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104931
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10.1038/s41594-020-0484-7
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CaltechAUTHORS:20200812-120210398

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