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

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

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

TDRD5 is required for retrotransposon silencing, chromatoid body assembly, and spermiogenesis in mice

(2011) Yukihiro Yabuta et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

3′ End Formation of PIWI-Interacting RNAs In Vitro

(2011) Shinpei Kawaoka 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

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

An in vivo RNAi assay identifies major genetic and cellular requirements for primary piRNA biogenesis in Drosophila

(2010) Daniel Olivieri et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

Probing the initiation and effector phases of the somatic piRNA pathway in Drosophila

(2010) A. D. Haase et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

Roles for the Yb body components Armitage and Yb in primary piRNA biogenesis in Drosophila

(2010) K. Saito et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

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

MOV10L1 is necessary for protection of spermatocytes against retrotransposons by Piwi-interacting RNAs

(2010) R. J. A. Frost et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The pluripotency factor LIN28 marks undifferentiated spermatogonia in mouse

(2009) Ke Zheng et al.   BMC DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

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

(2009) Colin D. Malone et al.   CELL

Tdrd6 Is Required for Spermiogenesis, Chromatoid Body Architecture, and Regulation of miRNA Expression

(2009) Ana Vasileva 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

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

(2009) Lang Ma et al.   PLoS Genetics

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

Ultrastructural characterization of spermatogenesis and its evolutionary conservation in the germline: Germinal granules in mammals☆

(2008) Shinichiro Chuma et al.   MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR ENDOCRINOLOGY

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

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

DNA Damage Response During Chromatin Remodeling in Elongating Spermatids of Mice1

(2007) Frédéric Leduc et al.   BIOLOGY OF REPRODUCTION