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National Institutes of Health
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3 papers
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Lars Kristian Benner, Margaret R. Starostik, Rebecca J. Tay…·John K. Kim
The paper identifies SNPC-1.2 as a female-specific piRNA transcription factor in C. elegans, revealing how gene duplication and functional specialization generate sex-specific piRNA expression.
Kasuen Kotagama, Acadia L. Grimme, Leah Braviner…·Katherine McJunkin
This study shows that miRNA Argonaute slicing has a minor role in star strand destabilization in C. elegans, with limited developmental impact and context-dependent effects.
Lars Kristian Benner, Katherine P. Prothro, Katherine McJunkin
This study shows that the mir-35 family of microRNAs in C. elegans is essential for embryonic viability and links maternal germline sex determination to embryonic lethality.