Breaking Report: RNAi Pathways

On my desk to ready this morning? A new report that suggests the possibility of a Dicer-independent pathway for generation of siRNAs in flies.

Tchurikov & Kretova (2011) Both piRNA and siRNA Pathways Are Silencing Transcripts of the Suffix Element in the Drosophila melanogaster Germline and Somatic Cells. PLoS One. 6(7):e21882. PubMed ID: 21779345