HENMT1 and piRNA Stability Are Required for Adult Male Germ Cell Transposon Repression and to Define the Spermatogenic Program in the Mouse

Pachytene piRNAs instruct massive mRNA elimination during late spermiogenesis

(2014) Lan-Tao Gou et al.   CELL RESEARCH

piRNAs: from biogenesis to function

(2014) E.-M. Weick et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Implication of sperm RNAs in transgenerational inheritance of the effects of early trauma in mice

(2014) Katharina Gapp et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

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

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

Multiple Epigenetic Mechanisms and the piRNA Pathway Enforce LINE1 Silencing during Adult Spermatogenesis

(2013) Monica Di Giacomo et al.   MOLECULAR CELL

The Genetic Makeup of the Drosophila piRNA Pathway

(2013) Dominik Handler et al.   MOLECULAR CELL

PIWI-interacting RNAs: from generation to transgenerational epigenetics

(2013) Maartje J. Luteijn et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

Uridylation prevents 3' trimming of oligoadenylated mRNAs

(2013) F. M. Sement et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

PML bodies provide an important platform for the maintenance of telomeric chromatin integrity in embryonic stem cells

(2013) Fiona T. M. Chang et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

ShortStack: Comprehensive annotation and quantification of small RNA genes

(2013) M. J. Axtell   RNA

RBM5 Is a Male Germ Cell Splicing Factor and Is Required for Spermatid Differentiation and Male Fertility

(2013) Moira K. O'Bryan et al.   PLoS Genetics

TopHat2: accurate alignment of transcriptomes in the presence of insertions, deletions and gene fusions

(2013) Daehwan Kim et al.   GENOME BIOLOGY

Unique 2′-O-Methylation by Hen1 in Eukaryotic RNA Interference and Bacterial RNA Repair

(2012) Raven H. Huang   BIOCHEMISTRY

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

Mili and Miwi target RNA repertoire reveals piRNA biogenesis and function of Miwi in spermiogenesis

(2012) Anastassios Vourekas et al.   NATURE STRUCTURAL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

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

(2012) Ke Zheng et al.   PLoS Genetics

The Caenorhabditis elegans HEN1 Ortholog, HENN-1, Methylates and Stabilizes Select Subclasses of Germline Small RNAs

(2012) Allison C. Billi et al.   PLoS Genetics

An Essential Role for Katanin p80 and Microtubule Severing in Male Gamete Production

(2012) Liza O'Donnell et al.   PLoS Genetics

Pinpointing the expression of piRNAs and function of the PIWI protein subfamily during spermatogenesis in the mouse

(2011) Ergin Beyret et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

MITOPLD Is a Mitochondrial Protein Essential for Nuage Formation and piRNA Biogenesis in the Mouse Germline

(2011) Toshiaki Watanabe et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

piRNA-Associated Germline Nuage Formation and Spermatogenesis Require MitoPLD Profusogenic Mitochondrial-Surface Lipid Signaling

(2011) Huiyan Huang et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Heterotypic piRNA Ping-Pong Requires Qin, a Protein with Both E3 Ligase and Tudor Domains

(2011) Zhao Zhang et al.   MOLECULAR CELL

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

PIWI-interacting small RNAs: the vanguard of genome defence

(2011) Mikiko C. Siomi et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

Cysteine-rich secretory protein 4 is an inhibitor of transient receptor potential M8 with a role in establishing sperm function

(2011) G. M. Gibbs et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Chromatoid body and small RNAs in male germ cells

(2011) Oliver Meikar et al.   REPRODUCTION

piRNA profiling during specific stages of mouse spermatogenesis

(2011) H. Gan et al.   RNA

Recognition of 2′-O-Methylated 3′-End of piRNA by the PAZ Domain of a Piwi Protein

(2011) Bernd Simon et al.   STRUCTURE

Sperm protamine levels as indicators of fertilising potential in sexually mature male rats

(2010) M. Aleem et al.   ANDROLOGIA

Hen1 is required for oocyte development and piRNA stability in zebrafish

(2010) Leonie M Kamminga et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

Mouse MOV10L1 associates with Piwi proteins and is an essential component of the Piwi-interacting RNA (piRNA) pathway

(2010) K. Zheng et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Uridylation of mature miRNAs and siRNAs by the MUT68 nucleotidyltransferase promotes their degradation in Chlamydomonas

(2010) Fadia Ibrahim et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Genome-wide ENU Mutagenesis for the Discovery of Novel Male Fertility Regulators

(2010) Duangporn Jamsai et al.   Systems Biology in Reproductive Medicine

Fast and accurate short read alignment with Burrows-Wheeler transform

(2009) H. Li et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

edgeR: a Bioconductor package for differential expression analysis of digital gene expression data

(2009) M. D. Robinson et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

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

(2009) Colin D. Malone et al.   CELL

A Broadly Conserved Pathway Generates 3′UTR-Directed Primary piRNAs

(2009) Nicolas Robine et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Phenotyping male infertility in the mouse: how to get the most out of a 'non-performer'

(2009) C. L. Borg et al.   HUMAN REPRODUCTION UPDATE

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

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

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

Epigenetic events in mammalian germ-cell development: reprogramming and beyond

(2008) Hiroyuki Sasaki et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

Characterization of gametogenetin 1 (GGN1) and its potential role in male fertility through the interaction with the ion channel regulator, cysteine-rich secretory protein 2 (CRISP2) in the sperm tail

(2008) Duangporn Jamsai et al.   REPRODUCTION