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Nature 451, 131-132 (10 January 2008) | doi:10.1038/451131a; Published online 9 January 2008
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Post-doctoral Research in Super-Resolution imaging of Mitotic Processes.
- Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute
- Toronto, ON Canada
Senior Scientist, Bioinformatics and Protein Design
- Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research, University of Copenhagen
- Copenhagen 2200 Denmark
Molecular biology: RNA rules
Meng-Chao Yao1
Abstract
Studies of an old genetic puzzle in a little-known protozoan reveal a new frontier in the expanding world of RNAs: an RNA template guides genome-wide DNA rearrangements during sexual reproduction.
Ciliated protozoa are unicellular organisms the analysis of which — largely because of the unusual organization of their genome — has led to fascinating fundamental discoveries, such as those of telomeres and catalytic RNAs. These protozoa contain both a germline nucleus and a somatic (non-germline) nucleus.
- Meng-Chao Yao is at the Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529, Taiwan.
Email: mcyao@imb.sinica.edu.tw
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