Fly piRNA biogenesis: tap dancing with Tej

RNA Clamping by Vasa Assembles a piRNA Amplifier Complex on Transposon Transcripts

(2014) Jordi Xiol et al.   CELL

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

“Dot COM”, a Nuclear Transit Center for the Primary piRNA Pathway in Drosophila

(2013) Cynthia Dennis et al.   PLoS One

The structural biochemistry of Zucchini implicates it as a nuclease in piRNA biogenesis

(2012) Jonathan J. Ipsaro et al.   NATURE

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

(2011) Zhao Zhang et al.   MOLECULAR CELL

Repression of Retroelements in Drosophila Germline via piRNA Pathway by the Tudor Domain Protein Tejas

(2010) Veena S. Patil et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Arginine Methylation of Vasa Protein Is Conserved across Phyla

(2010) Yohei Kirino et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY