Piwi-interacting RNAs (piRNAs) are a large class of small non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs), 26 31 nucleotides in length, that interact with piwi-domain-containing proteins. piRNAs function in the germline to ...
Recent progress in high-throughput sequencing has uncovered an astounding landscape of small RNAs in eukaryotic cells. Various small RNAs of distinctive characteristics have been found and can be ...