Miwi catalysis is required for piRNA amplification-independent LINE1 transposon silencing.

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Published in Nature on November 27, 2011

Authors

Michael Reuter1, Philipp Berninger, Shinichiro Chuma, Hardik Shah, Mihoko Hosokawa, Charlotta Funaya, Claude Antony, Ravi Sachidanandam, Ramesh S Pillai

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1: European Molecular Biology Laboratory, 6 Rue Jules Horowitz, BP 181, 38042 Grenoble, France.

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