Heterochromatin-dependent transcription of satellite DNAs in the Drosophila melanogaster female germline

piRNA-mediated gene regulation and adaptation to sex-specific transposon expression in D. melanogaster male germline

(2021) Peiwei Chen et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

Establishment of H3K9me3-dependent heterochromatin during embryogenesis in Drosophila miranda

(2021) Kevin H-C Wei et al.   eLife

Dynamic Evolution of Euchromatic Satellites on the X Chromosome in Drosophila melanogaster and the simulans Clade

(2020) John S Sproul et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

A satellite repeat-derived piRNA controls embryonic development of Aedes

(2020) Rebecca Halbach et al.   NATURE

The modular mechanism of chromocenter formation in Drosophila

(2019) Madhav Jagannathan et al.   eLife

A Heterochromatin-Specific RNA Export Pathway Facilitates piRNA Production

(2019) Mostafa F. ElMaghraby et al.   CELL

Meiotic drive mechanisms: lessons from Drosophila

(2019) Cécile Courret et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

RNA from a simple-tandem repeat is required for sperm maturation and male fertility in Drosophila melanogaster

(2019) Wilbur Kyle Mills et al.   eLife

Chromatin That Guides Dosage Compensation Is Modulated by the siRNA Pathway inDrosophila melanogaster

(2018) Nikita Deshpande et al.   GENETICS

Variable Rates of Simple Satellite Gains across the Drosophila Phylogeny

(2018) Kevin H -C Wei et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

A conserved function for pericentromeric satellite DNA

(2018) Madhav Jagannathan et al.   eLife

Chromatin That Guides Dosage Compensation Is Modulated by the siRNA Pathway inDrosophila melanogaster

(2018) Nikita Deshpande et al.   GENETICS

Heterochromatin: Guardian of the Genome

(2018) Aniek Janssen et al.   Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology

piRNA-Guided Genome Defense: From Biogenesis to Silencing

(2018) Benjamin Czech et al.   Annual Review of Genetics

Heterochromatin-Enriched Assemblies Reveal the Sequence and Organization of the Drosophila melanogaster Y Chromosome

(2018) Ching-Ho Chang et al.   GENETICS

Single-molecule sequencing resolves the detailed structure of complex satellite DNA loci inDrosophila melanogaster

(2017) Daniel E. Khost et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

Piwi Is Required during Drosophila Embryogenesis to License Dual-Strand piRNA Clusters for Transposon Repression in Adult Ovaries

(2017) Abdou Akkouche et al.   MOLECULAR CELL

Phase separation drives heterochromatin domain formation

(2017) Amy R. Strom et al.   NATURE

A heterochromatin-dependent transcription machinery drives piRNA expression

(2017) Peter Refsing Andersen et al.   NATURE

Liquid droplet formation by HP1α suggests a role for phase separation in heterochromatin

(2017) Adam G. Larson et al.   NATURE

Ten principles of heterochromatin formation and function

(2017) Robin C. Allshire et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

The piRNA pathway is developmentally regulated during spermatogenesis inDrosophila

(2016) Emilie Quénerch'du et al.   RNA

Terminator oligo blocking efficiently eliminates rRNA fromDrosophilasmall RNA sequencing libraries

(2016) Michelle L. Wickersheim et al.   BIOTECHNIQUES

Satellite non-coding RNAs: the emerging players in cells, cellular pathways and cancer

(2015) Daniela Ferreira et al.   CHROMOSOME RESEARCH

Transcription of tandemly repetitive DNA: functional roles

(2015) Maria Assunta Biscotti et al.   CHROMOSOME RESEARCH

Krimper Enforces an Antisense Bias on piRNA Pools by Binding AGO3 in the Drosophila Germline

(2015) Kaoru Sato et al.   MOLECULAR CELL

Slicing and Binding by Ago3 or Aub Trigger Piwi-Bound piRNA Production by Distinct Mechanisms

(2015) Wei Wang et al.   MOLECULAR CELL

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

(2015) F. Mohn et al.   SCIENCE

Global Diversity Lines–A Five-Continent Reference Panel of Sequenced Drosophila melanogaster Strains

(2015) Jennifer K. Grenier et al.   G3-Genes Genomes Genetics

piPipes: a set of pipelines for piRNA and transposon analysis via small RNA-seq, RNA-seq, degradome- and CAGE-seq, ChIP-seq and genomic DNA sequencing

(2014) Bo W. Han et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

The Rhino-Deadlock-Cutoff Complex Licenses Noncanonical Transcription of Dual-Strand piRNA Clusters in Drosophila

(2014) Fabio Mohn et al.   CELL

The HP1 Homolog Rhino Anchors a Nuclear Complex that Suppresses piRNA Precursor Splicing

(2014) Zhao Zhang et al.   CELL

Centromere identity from the DNA point of view

(2014) Miroslav Plohl et al.   CHROMOSOMA

Mitotic misbehavior of a Drosophila melanogaster satellite in ring chromosomes: insights into intragenomic conflict among heterochromatic sequences

(2014) Patrick M Ferree   FLY

Transgenerationally inherited piRNAs trigger piRNA biogenesis by changing the chromatin of piRNA clusters and inducing precursor processing

(2014) Adrien Le Thomas et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

A Genome-Wide Survey of Sexually Dimorphic Expression of Drosophila miRNAs Identifies the Steroid Hormone-Induced miRNA let-7 as a Regulator of Sexual Identity

(2014) D. Fagegaltier et al.   GENETICS

Repetitive centromeric satellite RNA is essential for kinetochore formation and cell division

(2014) Silvana Rošić et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Diversity and dynamics of the Drosophila transcriptome

(2014) James B. Brown et al.   NATURE

Impact of nuclear Piwi elimination on chromatin state in Drosophila melanogaster ovaries

(2014) Mikhail S. Klenov et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

siRNAs from an X-linked satellite repeat promote X-chromosome recognition inDrosophila melanogaster

(2014) Debashish U. Menon et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Multiple roles for Piwi in silencing Drosophila transposons

(2013) N. V. Rozhkov et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

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

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

Higher-order unfolding of satellite heterochromatin is a consistent and early event in cell senescence

(2013) Eric C. Swanson et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

A Transcriptome-wide RNAi Screen in the Drosophila Ovary Reveals Factors of the Germline piRNA Pathway

(2013) Benjamin Czech et al.   MOLECULAR CELL

AAGAG repeat RNA is an essential component of nuclear matrix inDrosophila

(2013) Rashmi Pathak et al.   RNA Biology

Maternal Depletion of Piwi, a Component of the RNAi System, Impacts Heterochromatin Formation in Drosophila

(2013) Tingting Gu et al.   PLoS Genetics

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

(2012) Grzegorz Sienski et al.   CELL

UAP56 Couples piRNA Clusters to the Perinuclear Transposon Silencing Machinery

(2012) Fan Zhang et al.   CELL

Mutations to the piRNA Pathway Component Aubergine Enhance Meiotic Drive of Segregation Distorter in Drosophila melanogaster

(2012) S. L. Gell et al.   GENETICS

The Selfish Segregation Distorter Gene Complex of Drosophila melanogaster

(2012) A. M. Larracuente et al.   GENETICS

The Cochaperone Shutdown Defines a Group of Biogenesis Factors Essential for All piRNA Populations in Drosophila

(2012) Daniel Olivieri et al.   MOLECULAR CELL

Fast gapped-read alignment with Bowtie 2

(2012) Ben Langmead et al.   NATURE METHODS

shutdown is a component of the Drosophila piRNA biogenesis machinery

(2012) J. B. Preall et al.   RNA

The Cutoff protein regulates piRNA cluster expression and piRNA production in theDrosophilagermline

(2011) Attilio Pane et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

A systematic analysis ofDrosophilaTUDOR domain-containing proteins identifies Vreteno and the Tdrd12 family as essential primary piRNA pathway factors

(2011) Dominik Handler et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

The 1.688 Repetitive DNA of Drosophila: Concerted Evolution at Different Genomic Scales and Association with Genes

(2011) Gustavo C. S. Kuhn et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

BRCA1 tumour suppression occurs via heterochromatin-mediated silencing

(2011) Quan Zhu et al.   NATURE

Drosophila Piwi functions downstream of piRNA production mediating a chromatin-based transposon silencing mechanism in female germ line

(2011) S. H. Wang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Aberrant Overexpression of Satellite Repeats in Pancreatic and Other Epithelial Cancers

(2011) D. T. Ting et al.   SCIENCE

Plasticity in patterns of histone modifications and chromosomal proteins in Drosophila heterochromatin

(2010) N. C. Riddle et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

The developmental transcriptome of Drosophila melanogaster

(2010) Brenton R. Graveley et al.   NATURE

Small RNA-based silencing strategies for transposons in the process of invading Drosophila species

(2010) N. V. Rozhkov et al.   RNA

Biogenesis pathways of piRNAs loaded onto AGO3 in the Drosophila testis

(2010) A. Nagao et al.   RNA

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

(2009) Colin D. Malone et al.   CELL

The Drosophila HP1 Homolog Rhino Is Required for Transposon Silencing and piRNA Production by Dual-Strand Clusters

(2009) Carla Klattenhoff et al.   CELL

Sorting of Drosophila small silencing RNAs partitions microRNA* strands into the RNA interference pathway

(2009) M. Ghildiyal et al.   RNA

Species-Specific Heterochromatin Prevents Mitotic Chromosome Segregation to Cause Hybrid Lethality in Drosophila

(2009) Patrick M. Ferree et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

The Drosophila hairpin RNA pathway generates endogenous short interfering RNAs

(2008) Katsutomo Okamura et al.   NATURE

An endogenous small interfering RNA pathway in Drosophila

(2008) Benjamin Czech et al.   NATURE

Endogenous siRNAs Derived from Transposons and mRNAs in Drosophila Somatic Cells

(2008) M. Ghildiyal et al.   SCIENCE

Argonaute proteins: key players in RNA silencing

(2007) Gyorgy Hutvagner et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY