Taming transposable elements in vertebrates: from epigenetic silencing to domestication

Zebrafish transposable elements show extensive diversification in age, genomic distribution, and developmental expression

(2022) Ni-Chen Chang et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

m6A RNA methylation regulates the fate of endogenous retroviruses

(2021) Tomasz Chelmicki et al.   NATURE

Leaving a mark on retroviruses

(2021) Andrea Du Toit   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

The Dfam community resource of transposable element families, sequence models, and genome annotations

(2021) Jessica Storer et al.   Mobile DNA

The emergence of the brain non-CpG methylation system in vertebrates

(2021) Alex de Mendoza et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

Hamster PIWI proteins bind to piRNAs with stage-specific size variations during oocyte maturation

(2021) Kyoko Ishino et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Recurrent evolution of vertebrate transcription factors by transposase capture

(2021) Rachel L. Cosby et al.   SCIENCE

L1 retrotransposons exploit RNA m6A modification as an evolutionary driving force

(2021) Sung-Yeon Hwang et al.   Nature Communications

Developmental Accumulation of Gene Body and Transposon Non-CpG Methylation in the Zebrafish Brain

(2021) Samuel E. Ross et al.   Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology

Epigenetic editing: Dissecting chromatin function in context

(2021) Cristina Policarpi et al.   BIOESSAYS

ZNF91 deletion in human embryonic stem cells leads to ectopic activation of SVA retrotransposons and up-regulation of KRAB zinc finger gene clusters

(2021) Nina L. Haring et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

Asterix/Gtsf1 links tRNAs and piRNA silencing of retrotransposons

(2021) Jonathan J. Ipsaro et al.   Cell Reports

A spontaneous genetically induced epiallele at a retrotransposon shapes host genome function

(2021) Tessa M Bertozzi et al.   eLife

RNA m6A modification orchestrates a LINE-1–host interaction that facilitates retrotransposition and contributes to long gene vulnerability

(2021) Feng Xiong et al.   CELL RESEARCH

Formation of spermatogonia and fertile oocytes in golden hamsters requires piRNAs

(2021) Zuzana Loubalova et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

The piRNA pathway is essential for generating functional oocytes in golden hamsters

(2021) Hongdao Zhang et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Production of functional oocytes requires maternally expressed PIWI genes and piRNAs in golden hamsters

(2021) Hidetoshi Hasuwa et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Towards population-scale long-read sequencing

(2021) Wouter De Coster et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

Transposable elements shape the evolution of mammalian development

(2021) Anna D. Senft et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

Dnmt1 has de novo activity targeted to transposable elements

(2021) Chuck Haggerty et al.   NATURE STRUCTURAL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

DNA transposons mediate duplications via transposition-independent and -dependent mechanisms in metazoans

(2021) Shengjun Tan et al.   Nature Communications

RNA m6A meets transposable elements and chromatin

(2021) Chenxi He et al.   Protein & Cell

A mouse-specific retrotransposon drives a conserved Cdk2ap1 isoform essential for development

(2021) Andrew J. Modzelewski et al.   CELL

Inner workings of RAG recombinase and its specialization for adaptive immunity

(2021) Xuemin Chen et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY

Role of Polycomb in the control of transposable elements

(2021) Angélique Déléris et al.   TRENDS IN GENETICS

Mapping epigenetic divergence in the massive radiation of Lake Malawi cichlid fishes

(2021) Grégoire Vernaz et al.   Nature Communications

Establishment and evolution of heterochromatin

(2020) Jing Liu et al.   Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Dynamic evolution of de novo DNA methyltransferases in rodent and primate genomes

(2020) Antoine Molaro et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Widespread correlation of KRAB zinc finger protein binding with brain-developmental gene expression patterns

(2020) Grace Farmiloe et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

From evolution to function: Two sides of the same CENP-B coin?

(2020) Riccardo Gamba et al.   EXPERIMENTAL CELL RESEARCH

Specific subfamilies of transposable elements contribute to different domains of T lymphocyte enhancers

(2020) Mengliang Ye et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Transposable elements contribute to cell and species-specific chromatin looping and gene regulation in mammalian genomes

(2020) Adam G. Diehl et al.   Nature Communications

KRAB-zinc finger protein gene expansion in response to active retrotransposons in the murine lineage

(2020) Gernot Wolf et al.   eLife

DNA targeting and interference by a bacterial Argonaute nuclease

(2020) Anton Kuzmenko et al.   NATURE

SPOCD1 is an essential executor of piRNA-directed de novo DNA methylation

(2020) Ansgar Zoch et al.   NATURE

Measuring and interpreting transposable element expression

(2020) Sophie Lanciano et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

DNA methylation enables transposable element-driven genome expansion

(2020) Wanding Zhou et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Transposable Elements: A Common Feature of Neurodevelopmental and Neurodegenerative Disorders

(2020) Marie E. Jönsson et al.   TRENDS IN GENETICS

TEX15 is an essential executor of MIWI2-directed transposon DNA methylation and silencing

(2020) Theresa Schöpp et al.   Nature Communications

Insights into epigenetic patterns in mammalian early embryos

(2020) Ruimin Xu et al.   Protein & Cell

Twenty years of transposable element analysis in the Arabidopsis thaliana genome

(2020) Hadi Quesneville   Mobile DNA

A Field Guide to Eukaryotic Transposable Elements

(2020) Jonathan N. Wells et al.   Annual Review of Genetics

Movement of transposable elements contributes to cichlid diversity

(2020) Karen L. Carleton et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Endogenous retroviruses drive species-specific germline transcriptomes in mammals

(2020) Akihiko Sakashita et al.   NATURE STRUCTURAL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

ZBED1/DREF: A transcription factor that regulates cell proliferation (Review)

(2020) Yarong Jin et al.   Oncology Letters

Nanopore Sequencing Enables Comprehensive Transposable Element Epigenomic Profiling

(2020) Adam D. Ewing et al.   MOLECULAR CELL

Developmental remodelling of non-CG methylation at satellite DNA repeats

(2020) Samuel E Ross et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

KRAB zinc finger protein diversification drives mammalian interindividual methylation variability

(2020) Tessa M. Bertozzi et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Regulation of transposable elements by DNA modifications

(2019) Özgen Deniz et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

Biological and RNA regulatory function of MOV10 in mammalian germ cells

(2019) Kaiqiang Fu et al.   BMC BIOLOGY

Widespread gene duplication and adaptive evolution in the RNA interference pathways of the Drosophila obscura group

(2019) Danang Crysnanto et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Where, When, and How: Context-Dependent Functions of RNA Methylation Writers, Readers, and Erasers

(2019) Hailing Shi et al.   MOLECULAR CELL

Transposon molecular domestication and the evolution of the RAG recombinase

(2019) Yuhang Zhang et al.   NATURE

Functional evaluation of transposable elements as enhancers in mouse embryonic and trophoblast stem cells

(2019) Christopher D Todd et al.   eLife

ZFP30 promotes adipogenesis through the KAP1-mediated activation of a retrotransposon-derived Pparg2 enhancer

(2019) Wanze Chen et al.   Nature Communications

Single-cell CAS-seq reveals a class of short PIWI-interacting RNAs in human oocytes

(2019) Qiyuan Yang et al.   Nature Communications

Activation of neuronal genes via LINE-1 elements upon global DNA demethylation in human neural progenitors

(2019) Marie E Jönsson et al.   Nature Communications

The Arms Race Between KRAB–Zinc Finger Proteins and Endogenous Retroelements and Its Impact on Mammals

(2019) Melania Bruno et al.   Annual Review of Genetics

The ChAHP Complex Counteracts Chromatin Looping at CTCF Sites that Emerged from SINE Expansions in Mouse

(2019) Lucas J.T. Kaaij et al.   CELL

The interactome of KRAB zinc finger proteins reveals the evolutionary history of their functional diversification

(2019) Pierre‐Yves Helleboid et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

Host–transposon interactions: conflict, cooperation, and cooption

(2019) Rachel L Cosby et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

Transposable elements in human genetic disease

(2019) Lindsay M. Payer et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

The diverse roles of DNA methylation in mammalian development and disease

(2019) Maxim V. C. Greenberg et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

The piRNA Response to Retroviral Invasion of the Koala Genome

(2019) Tianxiong Yu et al.   CELL

Control of noncoding RNA production and histone levels by a 5′ tRNA fragment

(2019) Ana Boskovic et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

Pangenomics Comes of Age: From Bacteria to Plant and Animal Applications

(2019) Agnieszka A. Golicz et al.   TRENDS IN GENETICS

A primate-specific retroviral enhancer wires the XACT lncRNA into the core pluripotency network in humans

(2019) Miguel Casanova et al.   Nature Communications

Restricted and non-essential redundancy of RNAi and piRNA pathways in mouse oocytes

(2019) Eliska Taborska et al.   PLoS Genetics

Transposable elements generate regulatory novelty in a tissue-specific fashion

(2018) Marco Trizzino et al.   BMC GENOMICS

TRIM28 and the control of transposable elements in the brain

(2018) Daniela A. Grassi et al.   BRAIN RESEARCH

The Neuronal Gene Arc Encodes a Repurposed Retrotransposon Gag Protein that Mediates Intercellular RNA Transfer

(2018) Elissa D. Pastuzyn et al.   CELL

Retrovirus-like Gag Protein Arc1 Binds RNA and Traffics across Synaptic Boutons

(2018) James Ashley et al.   CELL

Epigenetics in teleost fish: From molecular mechanisms to physiological phenotypes

(2018) Carol Best et al.   COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY B-BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Mouse GTSF1 is an essential factor for secondary piRNA biogenesis

(2018) Takuji Yoshimura et al.   EMBO REPORTS

The surveillance of pre-mRNA splicing is an early step inC. elegansRNAi of endogenous genes

(2018) Martin A. Newman et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

RNA-Interference Pathways Display High Rates of Adaptive Protein Evolution in Multiple Invertebrates

(2018) William H. Palmer et al.   GENETICS

Repeat associated mechanisms of genome evolution and function revealed by theMus caroliandMus paharigenomes

(2018) David Thybert et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

The HUSH complex cooperates with TRIM28 to repress young retrotransposons and new genes

(2018) Luisa Robbez-Masson et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

Neutral Theory, Transposable Elements, and Eukaryotic Genome Evolution

(2018) Irina R Arkhipova   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

RNA-dependent chromatin targeting of TET2 for endogenous retrovirus control in pluripotent stem cells

(2018) Diana Guallar et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Molecular evolution of DNMT1 in vertebrates: Duplications in marsupials followed by positive selection

(2018) David Alvarez-Ponce et al.   PLoS One

Epigenome in Early Mammalian Development: Inheritance, Reprogramming and Establishment

(2018) Qianhua Xu et al.   TRENDS IN CELL BIOLOGY

The CRISPR tool kit for genome editing and beyond

(2018) Mazhar Adli   Nature Communications

RNA-Interference Pathways Display High Rates of Adaptive Protein Evolution in Multiple Invertebrates

(2018) William H. Palmer et al.   GENETICS

Heterochromatin: Guardian of the Genome

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

Uridylation by TUT4/7 Restricts Retrotransposition of Human LINE-1s

(2018) Zbigniew Warkocki et al.   CELL

Activity-dependent neuroprotective protein recruits HP1 and CHD4 to control lineage-specifying genes

(2018) Veronika Ostapcuk et al.   NATURE

Sequences enriched in Alu repeats drive nuclear localization of long RNAs in human cells

(2018) Yoav Lubelsky et al.   NATURE

The axolotl genome and the evolution of key tissue formation regulators

(2018) Sergej Nowoshilow et al.   NATURE

Understanding explosive diversification through cichlid fish genomics

(2018) Walter Salzburger   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

Systematic perturbation of retroviral LTRs reveals widespread long-range effects on human gene regulation

(2018) Daniel R Fuentes et al.   eLife

PIWI-interacting RNAs: small RNAs with big functions

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

Mobilization of Pack-CACTA transposons in Arabidopsis suggests the mechanism of gene shuffling

(2018) Marco Catoni et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Human SETMAR is a DNA sequence-specific histone-methylase with a broad effect on the transcriptome

(2018) Michael Tellier et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Selfish genetic elements

(2018) J. Arvid Ågren et al.   PLoS Genetics

New insights into the evolutionary origins of the recombination-activating gene proteins and V(D)J recombination

(2017) Lina Marcela Carmona et al.   FEBS Journal

Transposable elements are the primary source of novelty in primate gene regulation

(2017) Marco Trizzino et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

Long terminal repeats power evolution of genes and gene expression programs in mammalian oocytes and zygotes

(2017) Vedran Franke et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

The Exonization and Functionalization of an Alu-J Element in the Protein Coding Region of Glycoprotein Hormone Alpha Gene Represent a Novel Mechanism to the Evolution of Hemochorial Placentation in Primates

(2017) Haidi Chen et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Selective silencing of euchromatic L1s revealed by genome-wide screens for L1 regulators

(2017) Nian Liu et al.   NATURE

piRNA-mediated regulation of transposon alternative splicing in the soma and germ line

(2017) Felipe Karam Teixeira et al.   NATURE

KRAB zinc-finger proteins contribute to the evolution of gene regulatory networks

(2017) Michaël Imbeault et al.   NATURE

CRISPR–Cas9 epigenome editing enables high-throughput screening for functional regulatory elements in the human genome

(2017) Tyler S Klann et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

Hyperactivation of HUSH complex function by Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease mutation in MORC2

(2017) Iva A Tchasovnikarova et al.   NATURE GENETICS

PGBD5 promotes site-specific oncogenic mutations in human tumors

(2017) Anton G Henssen et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Conserved roles of mouse DUX and human DUX4 in activating cleavage-stage genes and MERVL/HERVL retrotransposons

(2017) Peter G Hendrickson et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Detecting DNA cytosine methylation using nanopore sequencing

(2017) Jared T Simpson et al.   NATURE METHODS

The DNA methyltransferase family: a versatile toolkit for epigenetic regulation

(2017) Frank Lyko   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

Integration site selection by retroviruses and transposable elements in eukaryotes

(2017) Tania Sultana et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

Dynamics of genome size evolution in birds and mammals

(2017) Aurélie Kapusta et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Characterization of the piRNA pathway during development of the sea anemone Nematostella vectensis

(2017) Daniela Praher et al.   RNA Biology

Impact of cytosine methylation on DNA binding specificities of human transcription factors

(2017) Yimeng Yin et al.   SCIENCE

The Role of KRAB-ZFPs in Transposable Element Repression and Mammalian Evolution

(2017) Peng Yang et al.   TRENDS IN GENETICS

Transposable Element Domestication As an Adaptation to Evolutionary Conflicts

(2017) Diwash Jangam et al.   TRENDS IN GENETICS

The emergence of piRNAs against transposon invasion to preserve mammalian genome integrity

(2017) Christina Ernst et al.   Nature Communications

Co-option of an endogenous retrovirus envelope for host defense in hominid ancestors

(2017) Daniel Blanco-Melo et al.   eLife

Mutations in the MOV10L1 ATP Hydrolysis Motif Cause piRNA Biogenesis Failure and Male Sterility in Mice

(2016) Q. Fu et al.   BIOLOGY OF REPRODUCTION

The impact of transposable elements on mammalian development

(2016) Jose L. Garcia-Perez et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Transposable Elements and Their KRAB-ZFP Controllers Regulate Gene Expression in Adult Tissues

(2016) Gabriela Ecco et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Duplication and Diversification of Dipteran Argonaute Genes, and the Evolutionary Divergence of Piwi and Aubergine

(2016) Samuel H. Lewis et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Transcription Factor hDREF Is a Novel SUMO E3 Ligase of Mi2α

(2016) Daisuke Yamashita et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Long Terminal Repeats: From Parasitic Elements to Building Blocks of the Transcriptional Regulatory Repertoire

(2016) Peter J. Thompson et al.   MOLECULAR CELL

Regulatory activities of transposable elements: from conflicts to benefits

(2016) Edward B. Chuong et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

Gtsf1l and Gtsf2 Are Specifically Expressed in Gonocytes and Spermatids but Are Not Essential for Spermatogenesis

(2016) Noriaki Takemoto et al.   PLoS One

The DNA methyltransferase DNMT3C protects male germ cells from transposon activity

(2016) Joan Barau et al.   SCIENCE

Regulatory evolution of innate immunity through co-option of endogenous retroviruses

(2016) E. B. Chuong et al.   SCIENCE

A Helitron transposon reconstructed from bats reveals a novel mechanism of genome shuffling in eukaryotes

(2016) Ivana Grabundzija et al.   Nature Communications

Splicing repression allows the gradual emergence of new Alu-exons in primate evolution

(2016) Jan Attig et al.   eLife

The Developmental Control of Transposable Elements and the Evolution of Higher Species

(2015) Marc Friedli et al.   Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology

Evolution of the RAG1-RAG2 locus: both proteins came from the same transposon

(2015) Vladimir V Kapitonov et al.   Biology Direct

Forget the Parents: Epigenetic Reprogramming in Human Germ Cells

(2015) Ferdinand von Meyenn et al.   CELL

A Unique Gene Regulatory Network Resets the Human Germline Epigenome for Development

(2015) Walfred W.C. Tang et al.   CELL

Transposons, Genome Size, and Evolutionary Insights in Animals

(2015) Adriana Canapa et al.   CYTOGENETIC AND GENOME RESEARCH

Atrans-Dominant Form of Gag Restricts Ty1 Retrotransposition and Mediates Copy Number Control

(2015) Agniva Saha et al.   JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY

Integrative analysis of 111 reference human epigenomes

(2015) Anshul Kundaje et al.   NATURE

Function and information content of DNA methylation

(2015) Dirk Schübeler   NATURE

Crystal structure of the V(D)J recombinase RAG1–RAG2

(2015) Min-Sung Kim et al.   NATURE

RNA-mediated epigenetic regulation of gene expression

(2015) Daniel Holoch et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

Epigenetic silencing by the HUSH complex mediates position-effect variegation in human cells

(2015) I. A. Tchasovnikarova et al.   SCIENCE

Panoramix enforces piRNA-dependent cotranscriptional silencing

(2015) Y. Yu et al.   SCIENCE

Constitutive heterochromatin formation and transcription in mammals

(2015) Nehmé Saksouk et al.   Epigenetics & Chromatin

Apoptosis Triggers Specific, Rapid, and Global mRNA Decay with 3′ Uridylated Intermediates Degraded by DIS3L2

(2015) Marshall P. Thomas et al.   Cell Reports

Piwi Proteins and piRNAs in Mammalian Oocytes and Early Embryos

(2015) Elke F. Roovers et al.   Cell Reports

Comparative Hi-C Reveals that CTCF Underlies Evolution of Chromosomal Domain Architecture

(2015) Matteo Vietri Rudan et al.   Cell Reports

Genomic DNA transposition induced by human PGBD5

(2015) Anton G Henssen et al.   eLife

Aluelements: at the crossroads between disease and evolution: Figure 1

(2015) Jernej Ule   BIOCHEMICAL SOCIETY TRANSACTIONS

Reprogramming the Methylome: Erasing Memory and Creating Diversity

(2014) Heather J. Lee et al.   Cell Stem Cell

piRNA pathway targets active LINE1 elements to establish the repressive H3K9me3 mark in germ cells

(2014) D. Pezic et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

Rolling-Circle Transposons Catalyze Genomic Innovation in a Mammalian Lineage

(2014) Jainy Thomas et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Rapid Evolution of piRNA Pathway in the Teleost Fish: Implication for an Adaptation to Transposon Diversity

(2014) Minhan Yi et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

DNA-guided DNA interference by a prokaryotic Argonaute

(2014) Daan C. Swarts et al.   NATURE

CRISPR-Cas systems for editing, regulating and targeting genomes

(2014) Jeffry D Sander et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

A SWI/SNF-related autism syndrome caused by de novo mutations in ADNP

(2014) Céline Helsmoortel et al.   NATURE GENETICS

The evolutionary journey of Argonaute proteins

(2014) Daan C Swarts et al.   NATURE STRUCTURAL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Volatile evolution of long noncoding RNA repertoires: mechanisms and biological implications

(2014) Aurélie Kapusta et al.   TRENDS IN GENETICS

The evolution of cichlid fish egg-spots is linked with a cis-regulatory change

(2014) M. Emília Santos et al.   Nature Communications

Repurposing CRISPR as an RNA-Guided Platform for Sequence-Specific Control of Gene Expression

(2013) Lei S. Qi et al.   CELL

The Frustrated Gene: Origins of Eukaryotic Gene Expression

(2013) Hiten D. Madhani   CELL

Stalled Spliceosomes Are a Signal for RNAi-Mediated Genome Defense

(2013) Phillip A. Dumesic et al.   CELL

A Retrotransposon-Driven Dicer Isoform Directs Endogenous Small Interfering RNA Production in Mouse Oocytes

(2013) Matyas Flemr et al.   CELL

Direct Competition between hnRNP C and U2AF65 Protects the Transcriptome from the Exonization of Alu Elements

(2013) Kathi Zarnack et al.   CELL

Genomic Dynamics of Transposable Elements in the Western Clawed Frog (Silurana tropicalis)

(2013) Jiangshan J. Shen et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Bacterial Argonaute Samples the Transcriptome to Identify Foreign DNA

(2013) Ivan Olovnikov et al.   MOLECULAR CELL

Endogenous retroviruses function as species-specific enhancer elements in the placenta

(2013) Edward B Chuong et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Programmable repression and activation of bacterial gene expression using an engineered CRISPR-Cas system

(2013) David Bikard et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Paleovirology of 'syncytins', retroviral env genes exapted for a role in placentation

(2013) C. Lavialle et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

The Human THAP9 Gene Encodes an Active P-Element DNA Transposase

(2013) S. Majumdar et al.   SCIENCE

Recognizing the enemy within: licensing RNA-guided genome defense

(2013) Phillip A. Dumesic et al.   TRENDS IN BIOCHEMICAL SCIENCES

Transposable elements as genetic regulatory substrates in early development

(2013) Wesley D. Gifford et al.   TRENDS IN CELL BIOLOGY

Transposable Elements Are Major Contributors to the Origin, Diversification, and Regulation of Vertebrate Long Noncoding RNAs

(2013) Aurélie Kapusta et al.   PLoS Genetics

Waves of Retrotransposon Expansion Remodel Genome Organization and CTCF Binding in Multiple Mammalian Lineages

(2012) Dominic Schmidt et al.   CELL

The conserved Cockayne syndrome B-piggyBac fusion protein (CSB-PGBD3) affects DNA repair and induces both interferon-like and innate antiviral responses in CSB-null cells

(2012) Arnold D. Bailey et al.   DNA REPAIR

Molecular evolution of zebrafish dnmt3 genes and thermal plasticity of their expression during embryonic development

(2012) Catarina Campos et al.   GENE

MORC Family ATPases Required for Heterochromatin Condensation and Gene Silencing

(2012) G. Moissiard et al.   SCIENCE

Transposable Elements, Epigenetics, and Genome Evolution

(2012) N. V. Fedoroff   SCIENCE

Tethering of the Conserved piggyBac Transposase Fusion Protein CSB-PGBD3 to Chromosomal AP-1 Proteins Regulates Expression of Nearby Genes in Humans

(2012) Lucas T. Gray et al.   PLoS Genetics

Insertion site preference of Mu, Tn5, and Tn7 transposons

(2012) Brian Green et al.   Mobile DNA

Specific expression of Olpiwi1 and Olpiwi2 in medaka (Oryzias latipes) germ cells

(2011) Haobin Zhao et al.   BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

A gene-rich, transcriptionally active environment and the pre-deposition of repressive marks are predictive of susceptibility to KRAB/KAP1-mediated silencing

(2011) Sylvain Meylan et al.   BMC GENOMICS

TRIM28 is required by the mouse KRAB domain protein ZFP568 to control convergent extension and morphogenesis of extra-embryonic tissues

(2011) M. Shibata et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Coevolution of retroelements and tandem zinc finger genes

(2011) J. H. Thomas et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

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

Prp8, the pivotal protein of the spliceosomal catalytic center, evolved from a retroelement-encoded reverse transcriptase

(2011) M. Dlakic et al.   RNA

Retrotransposon-Induced Heterochromatin Spreading in the Mouse Revealed by Insertional Polymorphisms

(2011) Rita Rebollo et al.   PLoS Genetics

MVH in piRNA processing and gene silencing of retrotransposons

(2010) S. Kuramochi-Miyagawa et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

KAP1 controls endogenous retroviruses in embryonic stem cells

(2010) Helen M. Rowe et al.   NATURE

Transposable elements have rewired the core regulatory network of human embryonic stem cells

(2010) Galih Kunarso et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Loss of Arc renders the visual cortex impervious to the effects of sensory experience or deprivation

(2010) Cortina L McCurry et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

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

Conservation and divergence of methylation patterning in plants and animals

(2010) S. Feng et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Genome-Wide Evolutionary Analysis of Eukaryotic DNA Methylation

(2010) A. Zemach et al.   SCIENCE

Epigenetic Regulation of Mammalian Genomes by Transposable Elements

(2009) Ahsan Huda et al.   Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

CTCF: Master Weaver of the Genome

(2009) Jennifer E. Phillips et al.   CELL

Gtsf1/Cue110, a gene encoding a protein with two copies of a CHHC Zn-finger motif, is involved in spermatogenesis and retrotransposon suppression in murine testes

(2009) Takuji Yoshimura et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

The impact of retrotransposons on human genome evolution

(2009) Richard Cordaux et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

Large-scale discovery of insertion hotspots and preferential integration sites of human transposed elements

(2009) Asaf Levy et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Adaptive Evolution in Zinc Finger Transcription Factors

(2009) Ryan O. Emerson et al.   PLoS Genetics

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

Early origins and evolution of microRNAs and Piwi-interacting RNAs in animals

(2008) Andrew Grimson et al.   NATURE

Endogenous siRNAs from naturally formed dsRNAs regulate transcripts in mouse oocytes

(2008) Toshiaki Watanabe et al.   NATURE

Pseudogene-derived small interfering RNAs regulate gene expression in mouse oocytes

(2008) Oliver H. Tam et al.   NATURE

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