The CERV protein of Cer1, a C. elegans LTR retrotransposon, is required for nuclear export of viral genomic RNA and can form giant nuclear rods

• Bing Sun ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Bing Sun, Haram Kim

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations RNA Therapeutics Institute, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester,United States of America, Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, United States of America, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, Maryland, United States of America

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• Haram Kim ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Bing Sun, Haram Kim

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0009-0003-0084-9768

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• Craig C. Mello,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations RNA Therapeutics Institute, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester,United States of America, Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, United States of America, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, Maryland, United States of America

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• James R. Priess

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: jpriess@fredhutch.org

  Affiliation Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4087-7419

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