A broadly conserved pathway generates 3'UTR-directed primary piRNAs.

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Published in Curr Biol on December 29, 2009

Authors

Nicolas Robine1, Nelson C Lau, Sudha Balla, Zhigang Jin, Katsutomo Okamura, Satomi Kuramochi-Miyagawa, Michael D Blower, Eric C Lai

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1: Department of Developmental Biology, Sloan-Kettering Institute, New York, NY 10065, USA.

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