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. 2009 Dec;17(6):745-6.
doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2009.11.007.

Defending the genome in tudor style

Godfried W van der Heijden  1 , Alex Bortvin
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Defending the genome in tudor style

Godfried W van der Heijden et al. Dev Cell. 2009 Dec.
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Abstract

Repression of transposable elements is crucial for the survival of germ cells. In this issue of Developmental Cell, Shoji et al. provide evidence that a Tudor domain protein TDRD9 partners with MIWI2 to specifically silence LINE-1 transposons in the fetal germline of male mice.

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