Novel proteins required for meiotic silencing by unpaired DNA (MSUD) and siRNA generation in Neurospora crassa
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Novel proteins required for meiotic silencing by unpaired DNA and siRNA generation in Neurospora crassa.
During meiosis in the filamentous fungus Neurospora crassa, unpaired genes are identified and silenced by a process known as meiotic silencing by unpaired DNA (MSUD). Previous work has uncovered six proteins required for MSUD, all of which are also essential for meiotic progression. Additionally, they all localize in the perinuclear region, suggesting that it is a center of MSUD activity. Never...
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