RRC ID |
46701
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著者 |
Zhang C, Montgomery TA, Gabel HW, Fischer SE, Phillips CM, Fahlgren N, Sullivan CM, Carrington JC, Ruvkun G.
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タイトル |
mut-16 and other mutator class genes modulate 22G and 26G siRNA pathways in Caenorhabditis elegans.
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ジャーナル |
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
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Abstract |
Argonaute-associated siRNAs and Piwi-associated piRNAs have overlapping roles in silencing mobile genetic elements in animals. In Caenorhabditis elegans, mutator (mut) class genes mediate siRNA-guided repression of transposons as well as exogenous RNAi, but their roles in endogenous RNA silencing pathways are not well-understood. To characterize the endogenous small RNAs dependent on mut class genes, small RNA populations from a null allele of mut-16 as well as a regulatory mut-16(mg461) allele that disables only somatic RNAi were subjected to deep sequencing. Additionally, each of the mut class genes was tested for a requirement in 26G siRNA pathways. The results indicate that mut-16 is an essential factor in multiple endogenous germline and somatic siRNA pathways involving several distinct Argonautes and RNA-dependent RNA polymerases. The results also reveal essential roles for mut-2 and mut-7 in the ERGO-1 class 26G siRNA pathway and less critical roles for mut-8, mut-14, and mut-15. We show that transposons are hypersusceptible to mut-16-dependent silencing and identify a requirement for the siRNA machinery in piRNA biogenesis from Tc1 transposons. We also show that the soma-specific mut-16(mg461) mutant allele is present in multiple C. elegans laboratory strains.
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巻・号 |
108(4)
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ページ |
1201-8
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公開日 |
2011-1-25
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DOI |
10.1073/pnas.1018695108
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PII |
1018695108
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PMID |
21245313
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PMC |
PMC3029761
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MeSH |
Alleles
Animals
Blotting, Northern
Caenorhabditis elegans / genetics*
Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins / genetics*
DNA Transposable Elements / genetics
Embryo, Nonmammalian / metabolism
Exoribonucleases / genetics
Female
Gene Expression Profiling
Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental
Germ Cells / metabolism
Male
Mutation
RNA, Helminth / classification
RNA, Helminth / genetics
RNA, Helminth / metabolism
RNA, Small Interfering / classification
RNA, Small Interfering / genetics*
RNA, Small Interfering / metabolism
RNA-Binding Proteins / genetics
Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
Signal Transduction / genetics*
Species Specificity
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IF |
9.412
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引用数 |
56
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WOS 分野
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BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
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リソース情報 |
線虫 |
tm1661
tm1358 |