Zucchini consensus motifs determine the mechanism of pre-piRNA production

High-quality genome assembly of the silkworm, Bombyx mori

(2019) Munetaka Kawamoto et al.   INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

The RNA-Binding ATPase, Armitage, Couples piRNA Amplification in Nuage to Phased piRNA Production on Mitochondria

(2019) Daniel Tianfang Ge et al.   MOLECULAR CELL

PNLDC1, mouse pre‐piRNA Trimmer, is required for meiotic and post‐meiotic male germ cell development

(2018) Toru Nishimura et al.   EMBO REPORTS

Hierarchical roles of mitochondrial Papi and Zucchini in Bombyx germline piRNA biogenesis

(2018) Kazumichi M. Nishida et al.   NATURE

A Single Mechanism of Biogenesis, Initiated and Directed by PIWI Proteins, Explains piRNA Production in Most Animals

(2018) Ildar Gainetdinov et al.   MOLECULAR CELL

PIWI-interacting RNAs: small RNAs with big functions

(2018) Deniz M. Ozata et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

Bias-minimized quantification of microRNA reveals widespread alternative processing and 3′ end modification

(2018) Haedong Kim et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Recruitment of Armitage and Yb to a transcript triggers its phased processing into primary piRNAs in Drosophila ovaries

(2017) Radha Raman Pandey et al.   PLoS Genetics

Identification and Functional Analysis of the Pre-piRNA 3′ Trimmer in Silkworms

(2016) Natsuko Izumi et al.   CELL

PIWI Slicing and EXD1 Drive Biogenesis of Nuclear piRNAs from Cytosolic Targets of the Mouse piRNA Pathway

(2016) Zhaolin Yang et al.   MOLECULAR CELL

Genetic and mechanistic diversity of piRNA 3′-end formation

(2016) Rippei Hayashi et al.   NATURE

Artificial “ping-pong” cascade of PIWI-interacting RNA in silkworm cells

(2016) Keisuke Shoji et al.   RNA

The RNA helicase MOV10L1 binds piRNA precursors to initiate piRNA processing

(2015) Anastassios Vourekas et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

piRNA-guided slicing specifies transcripts for Zucchini-dependent, phased piRNA biogenesis

(2015) F. Mohn et al.   SCIENCE

piRNA-guided transposon cleavage initiates Zucchini-dependent, phased piRNA production

(2015) B. W. Han et al.   SCIENCE

PIWI Slicing and RNA Elements in Precursors Instruct Directional Primary piRNA Biogenesis

(2015) David Homolka et al.   Cell Reports

Efficient chromosomal gene modification with CRISPR/cas9 and PCR-based homologous recombination donors in cultured Drosophila cells

(2014) R. Bottcher et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

A Genome-wide RNAi Screen Draws a Genetic Framework for Transposon Control and Primary piRNA Biogenesis in Drosophila

(2013) Felix Muerdter et al.   MOLECULAR CELL

The Genetic Makeup of the Drosophila piRNA Pathway

(2013) Dominik Handler et al.   MOLECULAR CELL

GPAT2, a mitochondrial outer membrane protein, in piRNA biogenesis in germline stem cells

(2013) Y. Shiromoto et al.   RNA

Minotaur is critical for primary piRNA biogenesis

(2013) V. V. Vagin et al.   RNA

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

(2012) Grzegorz Sienski et al.   CELL

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

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

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

(2011) Bernd Simon et al.   STRUCTURE

BEDTools: a flexible suite of utilities for comparing genomic features

(2010) Aaron R. Quinlan et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Hen1 is required for oocyte development and piRNA stability in zebrafish

(2010) Leonie M Kamminga et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

Structural basis for piRNA 2'-O-methylated 3'-end recognition by Piwi PAZ (Piwi/Argonaute/Zwille) domains

(2010) Y. Tian et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The Sequence Alignment/Map format and SAMtools

(2009) H. Li et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

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

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

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

Improved northern blot method for enhanced detection of small RNA

(2008) Gurman S Pall et al.   Nature Protocols