MIWI prevents aneuploidy during meiosis by cleaving excess satellite RNA
Hsieh C, Xia J, Lin H. MIWI prevents aneuploidy during meiosis by cleaving excess satellite RNA. The EMBO Journal 2020, 39: e103614. PMID: 32677148, PMCID: PMC7429737, DOI: 10.15252/embj.2019103614.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChromosome misalignmentSatellite RNAKinetochore assemblySatellite repeatsWild-type spermatocytesPericentromeric satellite repeatsFaithful chromosome segregationProper kinetochore assemblyChromosome mis-segregationPost-transcriptional regulationPiRNA biogenesisMeiotic functionsPIWI proteinsChromosome segregationMis-segregationMurine memberElevated aneuploidyMale meiosisPrevents aneuploidyDicer cleavageMIWIMetaphase IRNA fragmentsMeiosisRNA