piRNA is a novel class of small single strand RNA that were recently isolated from testes of the mammals. These RNAs are bigger (26~31 nt) than most previously described small RNAs (21~23 nt) and are associated with Piwi-subfamily members of the Argonaute protein family.
Li Pei-Wang, LU Xiang-Yang, LI Chang-Zhu, Tian Yun. The Novel Noncoding Small RNA: Piwi-interacting RNA(piRNA)[J]. Progress in Biochemistry and Biophysics,2007,34(3):233-235
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