title: An argonaute-like protein is required for meiotic silencing.
abstract: We demonstrate the involvement of suppressor of meiotic silencing-2 (sms-2(+)), a Neurospora gene coding for an Argonaute-like protein, in meiotic silencing and normal sexual development.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, College of Science, Texas A&M University, College Station 77843-3258, USA.
authors.forename: Dong W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Robert J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Pratt
authors.forename: Malcolm
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: McLaughlin
authors.forename: Rodolfo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Aramayo
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology*; D020868:Gene Silencing; D005838:Genotype; D008540:Meiosis; D008954:Models, Biological; D008957:Models, Genetic; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009491:Neurospora / Q000235:genetics*; D010802:Phylogeny
chemical_list: D005656:Fungal Proteins