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ArticleCurrent biology : CB2008

RNA interference: endogenous siRNAs derived from transposable elements.

Darren J Obbard, David J Finnegan

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Article in Current biology : CB, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13citing papers in PubMed
3.5field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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  10. Identification of an RNA-dependent RNA polymerase in Drosophila involved in RNAi and transposon suppression.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2009
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  11. The evolution of RNAi as a defence against viruses and transposable elements.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2009
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Darren J ObbardInstitute of Evolutionary Biology, University of Edinburgh, Kings Buildings, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JT, UK.
David J Finnegan
University of Edinburgh · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Piwi-interacting RNA interference pathway plays an important role in suppressing transposable elements in the Drosophila germline. Now, deep sequencing of short RNAs from somatic tissue and cell culture has identified a novel class of endogenous siRNAs that may have a similar role in the soma.

Indexed as

DNA Transposable ElementsRNA InterferenceAnimalsArgonaute ProteinsDrosophilaDrosophila ProteinsProteinsRNA-Induced Silencing ComplexRNA, Small InterferingArgonaute ProteinsDNA Transposable ElementsDrosophila Proteinspiwi protein, DrosophilaProteinsRNA-Induced Silencing ComplexRNA, Small Interfering

Identifiers

PMID18606126
OpenAlexW2156456162

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