Fighting an old war with a new weapon-silencing transposons by Piwi-interacting RNA

Piwi induces piRNA-guided transcriptional silencing and establishment of a repressive chromatin state

(2013) A. Le Thomas et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

DNA methylation: roles in mammalian development

(2013) Zachary D. Smith et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

Function of Piwi, a nuclear Piwi/Argonaute protein, is independent of its slicer activity

(2013) Nicole Darricarrère et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Transposition-Driven Genomic Heterogeneity in the Drosophila Brain

(2013) P. N. Perrat et al.   SCIENCE

The distribution of a germline methylation marker suggests a regional mechanism of LINE-1 silencing by the piRNA-PIWI system

(2012) Martin I Sigurdsson et al.   BMC GENETICS

Transcriptional Silencing of Transposons by Piwi and Maelstrom and Its Impact on Chromatin State and Gene Expression

(2012) Grzegorz Sienski et al.   CELL

A Role for Neuronal piRNAs in the Epigenetic Control of Memory-Related Synaptic Plasticity

(2012) Priyamvada Rajasethupathy et al.   CELL

UAP56 Couples piRNA Clusters to the Perinuclear Transposon Silencing Machinery

(2012) Fan Zhang et al.   CELL

piRNA biogenesis during adult spermatogenesis in mice is independent of the ping-pong mechanism

(2012) Ergin Beyret et al.   CELL RESEARCH

KAP1/TRIM28: An inhibitor of IRF5 function in inflammatory macrophages

(2012) H.L. Eames et al.   IMMUNOBIOLOGY

Structure and function of Zucchini endoribonuclease in piRNA biogenesis

(2012) Hiroshi Nishimasu et al.   NATURE

The structural biochemistry of Zucchini implicates it as a nuclease in piRNA biogenesis

(2012) Jonathan J. Ipsaro et al.   NATURE

piRNA and spermatogenesis in mice

(2012) S. Chuma et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

RNA helicases in splicing

(2012) Olivier Cordin et al.   RNA Biology

Crystal structure of the primary piRNA biogenesis factor Zucchini reveals similarity to the bacterial PLD endonuclease Nuc

(2012) F. Voigt et al.   RNA

Concise Review: The Piwi-piRNA Axis: Pivotal Beyond Transposon Silencing

(2012) Shiva Bamezai et al.   STEM CELLS

Blockade of Pachytene piRNA Biogenesis Reveals a Novel Requirement for Maintaining Post-Meiotic Germline Genome Integrity

(2012) Ke Zheng et al.   PLoS Genetics

MOV10 RNA Helicase Is a Potent Inhibitor of Retrotransposition in Cells

(2012) John L. Goodier et al.   PLoS Genetics

Snf2-family proteins: chromatin remodellers for any occasion

(2011) Daniel P Ryan et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN CHEMICAL BIOLOGY

3′ End Formation of PIWI-Interacting RNAs In Vitro

(2011) Shinpei Kawaoka et al.   MOLECULAR CELL

A conserved mechanism of DEAD-box ATPase activation by nucleoporins and InsP6 in mRNA export

(2011) Ben Montpetit et al.   NATURE

The endonuclease activity of Mili fuels piRNA amplification that silences LINE1 elements

(2011) Serena De Fazio et al.   NATURE

Miwi catalysis is required for piRNA amplification-independent LINE1 transposon silencing

(2011) Michael Reuter et al.   NATURE

5-azacytidine treatment reorganizes genomic histone modification patterns

(2010) Vitalina M. Komashko et al.   Epigenetics

P Body-Associated Protein Mov10 Inhibits HIV-1 Replication at Multiple Stages

(2010) R. Burdick et al.   JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY

Specialized piRNA Pathways Act in Germline and Somatic Tissues of the Drosophila Ovary

(2009) Colin D. Malone et al.   CELL

Endogenous retroviral LTRs as promoters for human genes: A critical assessment

(2009) Carla J. Cohen et al.   GENE

Exon-trapping mediated by the human retrotransposon SVA

(2009) D. C. Hancks et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

5'-Transducing SVA retrotransposon groups spread efficiently throughout the human genome

(2009) A. Damert et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

A regulatory circuit for piwi by the large Maf gene traffic jam in Drosophila

(2009) Kuniaki Saito et al.   NATURE

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

Genetic Evidence That the Non-Homologous End-Joining Repair Pathway Is Involved in LINE Retrotransposition

(2009) Jun Suzuki et al.   PLoS Genetics

Zili is required for germ cell differentiation and meiosis in zebrafish

(2008) Saskia Houwing et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

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