Functional Involvement of Tudor in the piRNA Processing Pathway in Drosophila Germlines
Project/Area Number |
23710219
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
Research Field |
Genome biology
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Research Institution | Keio University |
Principal Investigator |
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Project Period (FY) |
2011 – 2012
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Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2012)
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Budget Amount *help |
¥4,550,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,050,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥2,080,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥480,000)
Fiscal Year 2011: ¥2,470,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥570,000)
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Keywords | piRNA生合成 / PIWIタンパク質 / TUDORドメインタンパク質 / 生殖細胞 |
Research Abstract |
We discovered that immunopurified BmTud complexes from BmN4 contain BmSpn-E and Siwi. Depletion of BmSpn-E also caused Siwi to be loaded with less piRNAs than that in naive BmN4 cells. We discovered that Siwi, in a form associated with BmSpn-E, is not sig
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