Cai et al. show that, in Tetrahymena thermophila, Emit3, which is similar to the general transcription factor TFIIB, promotes the noncoding transcription of transposable elements in the meiotic micronucleus.

A specialized TFIIB is required for transcription of transposon-targeting noncoding RNAs
Cai et al. Nucleic Acids Research 2025
https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkaf427

Kazufumi Mochizuki – Epigenetic Chromatin Regulation