ENDOGENOUS VIRAL ELEMENT-DERIVED PIWI-INTERACTING RNAS (PIRNAS) ARE NOT REQUIRED FOR PRODUCTION OF PING-PONG-DEPENDENT PIRNAS FROM DIAPHORINA CITRI DENSOVIRUS

Endogenous Viral Element-Derived Piwi-Interacting RNAs (piRNAs) Are Not Required for Production of Ping-Pong-Dependent piRNAs from Diaphorina citri Densovirus

ABSTRACT Piwi-interacting RNAs (piRNAs) are a class of small RNAs primarily responsible for silencing transposons in the animal germ line.The ping-pong cycle, the posttranscriptional silencing branch of the piRNA pathway, relies on piRNAs produced from endogenous transposon remnants to direct cleavage of transposon RNA via association with Piwi-fam

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