A genome-wide RNAi screen draws a genetic framework for transposon control and primary piRNA biogenesis in Drosophila.

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Published in Mol Cell on May 09, 2013

Authors

Felix Muerdter1, Paloma M Guzzardo, Jesse Gillis, Yicheng Luo, Yang Yu, Caifu Chen, Richard Fekete, Gregory J Hannon

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1: Watson School of Biological Sciences, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724, USA.

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