PIWI-specific insertion module: a newly identified regulatory element essential for longer pi RNAs loading and male fertility  

作　　者：Chunyu Liu Feng Zhang 

机构地区：[1]Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital,State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering,Institute of Reproduction and Development,Fudan University,Shanghai,200011,China

出　　处：《Science China(Life Sciences)》2023年第7期1708-1710,共3页中国科学（生命科学英文版）

摘　　要：Small noncoding RNAs (sn RNAs) such as short interfering RNAs (si RNAs), micro RNAs (mi RNAs), and PIWI-interacting RNAs (pi RNAs) play important roles in diverse cellular processes. These small regulatory RNA molecules exert key regulatory functions by forming complexes with different Argonaute proteins, including the Argonaute(AGO) and PIWI subfamilies (Peters and Meister, 2007).AGO subfamily proteins are ubiquitously expressed and interact with mi RNAs or si RNAs, while PIWI subfamily proteins are expressed mainly in germline cells and interact specifically with pi RNAs (Bartel, 2018).

关 键 词：INSERTION FERTILITY element 

分 类 号：Q75[生物学—分子生物学]