Transposable elements in the mammalian germline: a comfortable niche or a deadly trap?

ZAP-mediated mRNA degradation

(2011) Yiping Zhu et al.   RNA Biology

Polycomb complexes act redundantly to repress genomic repeats and genes

(2010) M. Leeb et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

KAP1 controls endogenous retroviruses in embryonic stem cells

(2010) Helen M. Rowe et al.   NATURE

Genome-wide erasure of DNA methylation in mouse primordial germ cells is affected by AID deficiency

(2010) Christian Popp et al.   NATURE

Proviral silencing in embryonic stem cells requires the histone methyltransferase ESET

(2010) Toshiyuki Matsui et al.   NATURE

Epigenetic Reprogramming and Small RNA Silencing of Transposable Elements in Pollen

(2009) R. Keith Slotkin et al.   CELL

Mili Interacts with Tudor Domain-Containing Protein 1 in Regulating Spermatogenesis

(2009) Jianquan Wang et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

The TDRD9-MIWI2 Complex Is Essential for piRNA-Mediated Retrotransposon Silencing in the Mouse Male Germline

(2009) Masanobu Shoji et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Proteomic analysis of murine Piwi proteins reveals a role for arginine methylation in specifying interaction with Tudor family members

(2009) V. V. Vagin et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

L1 retrotransposition occurs mainly in embryogenesis and creates somatic mosaicism

(2009) H. Kano et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

Associations between PIWI proteins and TDRD1/MTR-1 are critical for integrated subcellular localization in murine male germ cells

(2009) Kanako Kojima et al.   GENES TO CELLS

Epigenetic control of mammalian LINE-1 retrotransposon by retinoblastoma proteins

(2009) Diego E. Montoya-Durango et al.   MUTATION RESEARCH-FUNDAMENTAL AND MOLECULAR MECHANISMS OF MUTAGENESIS

Embryonic stem cells use ZFP809 to silence retroviral DNAs

(2009) Daniel Wolf et al.   NATURE

The impact of retrotransposons on human genome evolution

(2009) Richard Cordaux et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

Loss of the Mili-interacting Tudor domain–containing protein-1 activates transposons and alters the Mili-associated small RNA profile

(2009) Michael Reuter et al.   NATURE STRUCTURAL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

AID can restrict L1 retrotransposition suggesting a dual role in innate and adaptive immunity

(2009) Donna A. MacDuff et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Identification of an endogenous retroviral envelope gene with fusogenic activity and placenta-specific expression in the rabbit: a new "syncytin" in a third order of mammals

(2009) Odile Heidmann et al.   Retrovirology

GASZ Is Essential for Male Meiosis and Suppression of Retrotransposon Expression in the Male Germline

(2009) Lang Ma et al.   PLoS Genetics

LINE Retrotransposon RNA Is an Essential Structural and Functional Epigenetic Component of a Core Neocentromeric Chromatin

(2009) Anderly C. Chueh et al.   PLoS Genetics

Cytoplasmic Compartmentalization of the Fetal piRNA Pathway in Mice

(2009) Alexei A. Aravin et al.   PLoS Genetics

The Take and Give Between Retrotransposable Elements and their Hosts

(2008) Arthur Beauregard et al.   Annual Review of Genetics

Retrotransposons Revisited: The Restraint and Rehabilitation of Parasites

(2008) John L. Goodier et al.   CELL

Endogenous retroviruses

(2008) I. A. Maksakova et al.   CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR LIFE SCIENCES

Mouse Maelstrom, a Component of Nuage, Is Essential for Spermatogenesis and Transposon Repression in Meiosis

(2008) Sarah F.C. Soper et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

ERCC1/XPF limits L1 retrotransposition

(2008) Stephen L. Gasior et al.   DNA REPAIR

DNA methylation in ES cells requires the lysine methyltransferase G9a but not its catalytic activity

(2008) Kevin B Dong et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

L1 mobile element expression causes multiple types of toxicity

(2008) Nicholas A. Wallace et al.   GENE

Small RNA guides for de novo DNA methylation in mammalian germ cells

(2008) A. A. Aravin et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

DNA methylation of retrotransposon genes is regulated by Piwi family members MILI and MIWI2 in murine fetal testes

(2008) S. Kuramochi-Miyagawa et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

Evolution of the mammalian transcription factor binding repertoire via transposable elements

(2008) G. Bourque et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

A piRNA Pathway Primed by Individual Transposons Is Linked to De Novo DNA Methylation in Mice

(2008) Alexei A. Aravin et al.   MOLECULAR CELL

Genome analysis of the platypus reveals unique signatures of evolution

(2008) Wesley C. Warren et al.   NATURE

Early origins and evolution of microRNAs and Piwi-interacting RNAs in animals

(2008) Andrew Grimson et al.   NATURE

Endogenous siRNAs from naturally formed dsRNAs regulate transcripts in mouse oocytes

(2008) Toshiaki Watanabe et al.   NATURE

Pseudogene-derived small interfering RNAs regulate gene expression in mouse oocytes

(2008) Oliver H. Tam et al.   NATURE

The evolution of RNAi as a defence against viruses and transposable elements

(2008) D. J Obbard et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

MicroRNA Biogenesis Is Required for Mouse Primordial Germ Cell Development and Spermatogenesis

(2008) Katsuhiko Hayashi et al.   PLoS One

Restriction by APOBEC3 proteins of endogenous retroviruses with an extracellular life cycle: ex vivo effects and in vivo "traces" on the murine IAPE and human HERV-K elements

(2008) Cécile Esnault et al.   Retrovirology

Deletion of the Pluripotency-Associated Tex19.1 Gene Causes Activation of Endogenous Retroviruses and Defective Spermatogenesis in Mice

(2008) Rupert Öllinger et al.   PLoS Genetics

Genome-Wide Assessments Reveal Extremely High Levels of Polymorphism of Two Active Families of Mouse Endogenous Retroviral Elements

(2008) Ying Zhang et al.   PLoS Genetics