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PIWI-interacting RNAs (piRNAs) are a distinct class of small non-coding RNAs that protect the integrity of the genome by silencing transposable elements in both germline and gonadal somatic cells.

PIWI proteins and piRNAs regulate the expression of genes and transposons at both transcriptional and post-transcriptional levels. (1) Sense and antisense piRNA precursor transcripts are produced from ...

Piwi-interacting RNAs (piRNAs) and Piwi proteins have the evolutionarily conserved function of silencing of repetitive genetic elements in germ lines. The founder of the Piwi subfamily, Drosophila ...