Nature Communications (Oct 2017)

Post-transcriptional gene silencing mediated by microRNAs is controlled by nucleoplasmic Sfpq

  • Silvia Bottini,
  • Nedra Hamouda-Tekaya,
  • Raphael Mategot,
  • Laure-Emmanuelle Zaragosi,
  • Stephane Audebert,
  • Sabrina Pisano,
  • Valerie Grandjean,
  • Claire Mauduit,
  • Mohamed Benahmed,
  • Pascal Barbry,
  • Emanuela Repetto,
  • Michele Trabucchi

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01126-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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MicroRNAs have been best characterized for their functions in the cytoplasm; however, there is growing evidence of a nuclear localized role. Here, the authors identify Sfpq as an Ago2-interacting protein that modulates miRNA activity in both the nucleus and cytoplasm.