Billi AC et al. (2012) Genome Biol "piRNAs and siRNAs collaborate in Caenorhabditis elegans genome defense."

Billi AC, Kim JK, Freeberg MA

[Genome Biol, 2012]

Caenorhabditis elegans piRNAs promote genome surveillance by triggering siRNA-mediated silencing of nonself DNA in competition with licensing programs that support endogenous gene expression.