Decreased expression levels of PIWIL1, PIWIL2, and PIWIL4 are associated with worse survival in renal cell carcinoma patients
Piwi-interacting RNAs (piRNAs) are a newly discovered class of small non-coding RNAs involved in silencing of transposable elements and in sequence-specific chromatin modifications. PIWI proteins (PIWIL), which belong to the family of Argonaute genes/proteins, bind to piRNAs and function mainly in g...
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Format: | Online |
Language: | English |
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Dove Medical Press
2016
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Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4712976/ |