The argonautes

L Joshua-Tor - Cold Spring Harbor symposia on quantitative …, 2006 - symposium.cshlp.org
… However, the minimal defining features of RISC include the presence of an Argonaute
The best-characterized pathway, and the one that is predominantly used for gene knockdown …

[HTML][HTML] Argonaute proteins: Structural features, functions and emerging roles

J Yang, WC Cho, Y Zheng - Journal of Advanced Research, 2020 - Elsevier
… system (gDNA/NgAgo) was used as a genetic tool to knock out a specific gene fabp11a,
eventually causing eye developmental defects in zebrafish [93]. It was also reported that the …

RNA-guided RNA silencing by an Asgard archaeal Argonaute

C Bastiaanssen, P Bobadilla Ugarte, K Kim… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Argonaute proteins are the central effectors of RNA-guided … Eukaryotic Argonautes are
subdivided into two clades: AGOs … It is currently unclear when and how Argonaute-based RNA …

Effects of Argonaute on Gene Expression in Thermus thermophilus

DC Swarts, JJ Koehorst, ER Westra, PJ Schaap… - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
… Eukaryotic Argonaute proteins mediate RNA-guided RNA interference, … Argonaute homologs
mediate DNA-guided DNA interference, and play a role in host defense. Argonaute of the …

Argonaute binding within 3′-untranslated regions poorly predicts gene repression

Y Chu, A Kilikevicius, J Liu, KC Johnson… - Nucleic acids …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
… We find that knocking out AGO1, AGO2 and AGO3 together are necessary to achieve full …
levels of mRNA in wild-type versus knock out cells, including the strongest cluster within the …

Knocking out the Argonautes

FA Steiner, RHA Plasterk - Cell, 2006 - cell.com
… elegans Argonautes, knocking out all 27 worm Argonaute genes. They describe the function
as well as the small RNA partners for a number of previously uncharacterized family members …

Structural foundations of RNA silencing by Argonaute

J Sheu-Gruttadauria, IJ MacRae - Journal of molecular biology, 2017 - Elsevier
Argonaute proteins mediate gene regulation by small RNAs … Argonaute proteins, small
RNAs, and their roles in eukaryotic biology. Here, we review current understanding of Argonaute

Tissue-Specific Knockdown of Genes of the Argonaute Family Modulates Lifespan and Radioresistance in Drosophila melanogaster

E Proshkina, E Yushkova, L Koval, N Zemskaya… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
… in which an Argonaute gene was knocked out is more likely than the relationship with a
particular gene. In general, flies with neuronal knockdown of the Argonaute genes were sensitive …

Structure and mechanism of Argonaute proteins

NT Schirle, IJ MacRae - The enzymes, 2012 - Elsevier
… binding by Argonaute comes from studies of the Argonaute protein from the bacteria Thermus
thermophilus. Unlike its eukaryotic cousins, the Thermus thermophilus Argonaute uses a …

Aedes aegypti Argonaute 2 controls arbovirus infection and host mortality

S Dong, G Dimopoulos - Nature communications, 2023 - nature.com
… Ago2 is a member of the evolutionarily conserved Argonaute … pathway-defective mosquitoes
by knocking out Ago2 in Ae. … aegypti siRNA pathway, we used CRISPR/Cas9 to knock out