Cooperative Action of Trimmer and Papi for 3'-end Trimming of piRNA Precursors (IMAGE)

University of Tokyo

Cooperative Action of Trimmer and Papi for 3'-end Trimming of piRNA Precursors

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Papi (hand) is helping Trimmer (rabbit) to trim pre-piRNAs (apple peel) loaded on PIWI proteins (apple), reflecting the molecular mechanism of pre-piRNA trimming.

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2016 Natsuko Izumi & Yukihide Tomari

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