Developmental BiologyNature CommunicationsPeer-reviewed
Germline inherited small RNAs clear untranslated maternal mRNAs in C. elegans embryos
Piergiuseppe Quarato, Meetali Singh, Eric Cornes…·Germano Cecere
This study shows that C. elegans embryos use inherited small RNAs to cleave and remove maternal mRNAs through the catalytic activity of Argonaute CSR-1.
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