An expanding world of small RNAs.

Dev Cell

Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology and The Center for Molecular Biology of RNA, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA. Electronic address:

Published: January 2014

In ciliated protozoans, small RNAs (sRNAs) are integral to guiding large-scale genomic rearrangements after mating. Sandoval et al. (2014) report in this issue of Developmental Cell the discovery of a class of Paramecium sRNAs, produced by a unique Dicer-like enzyme, that likely provides late stage quality control in this process.

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