Collapse of germline piRNAs in the absence of Argonaute3 reveals somatic piRNAs in flies.

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Published in Cell on April 23, 2009

Authors

Chengjian Li1, Vasily V Vagin, Soohyun Lee, Jia Xu, Shengmei Ma, Hualin Xi, Hervé Seitz, Michael D Horwich, Monika Syrzycka, Barry M Honda, Ellen L W Kittler, Maria L Zapp, Carla Klattenhoff, Nadine Schulz, William E Theurkauf, Zhiping Weng, Phillip D Zamore

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1: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, 01605, USA.

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