The USTC complex co-opts an ancient machinery to drive piRNA transcription in C. elegans
Chenchun Weng, Asia Kosalka, Ahmet Can Berkyurek, Przemysław Stempor, Xuezhu Feng, Hui Mao, Chenming Zeng, Wen-Jun Li, Yonghong Yan, Meng‐Qiu Dong, Cecilia Zuliani, O. Barábas, Julie Ahringer, Shouhong Guang, Eric Alexander Miska
The paper identifies the USTC complex as essential for piRNA transcription in C. elegans, revealing its role in genome defense through specific binding to piRNA clusters.
bioRxiv · Jul 30, 2018Developmental Biology