Functional analysis of a conserved nuage/piRNA pathway gene, tapas.

• Main Author: Or, Yu Zuan.
• Other Authors: Kristen Elizabeth Sadler
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Biological sciences::Genetics
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/45260
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Piwi-interacting RNAs (piRNAs) have been implicated in defending the germline genome against the deleterious retroelements. Most of the piRNA pathway components have been shown to localize to the nuage, a unique perinuclear structure found in the animal germlines. Recently, a tudor domain protein Te...