Genes silenced down the generations, thanks to tails on messenger RNA

Kailee J. Reed and Taiowa A. Montgomery ()

Nature, 2020, vol. 582, issue 7811, 191-192

Abstract: It emerges that strings of nucleotides are added to messenger RNAs that are undergoing silencing in nematode worms. The composition of these nucleotide tails promotes the formation of small RNAs that drive heritable gene regulation.

Keywords: Molecular biology; Epigenetics; Genetics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1038/d41586-020-01417-2

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