The mosquito Aedes aegypti has a large genome size and high transposable element load but contains a low proportion of transposon-specific piRNAs

Small RNA profiling of Dengue virus-mosquito interactions implicates the PIWI RNA pathway in anti-viral defense

(2011) Ann M Hess et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

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

Phylogenetic and Functional Characterization of thehATTransposon Superfamily

(2011) Peter Arensburger et al.   GENETICS

PIWI-interacting small RNAs: the vanguard of genome defence

(2011) Mikiko C. Siomi et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

Small RNA-Mediated Quiescence of Transposable Elements in Animals

(2010) Kuniaki Saito et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Mobility properties of the Hermes transposable element in transgenic lines of Aedes aegypti

(2010) Ryan C. Smith et al.   GENETICA

piRNAs, transposon silencing, andDrosophilagermline development

(2010) Jaspreet S. Khurana et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

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

(2010) N. V. Rozhkov et al.   RNA

piRNA-mediated silencing in Drosophila germlines

(2010) Mikiko C. Siomi et al.   SEMINARS IN CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

The piRNA pathway: a fly's perspective on the guardian of the genome

(2010) Kirsten-André Senti et al.   TRENDS IN GENETICS

C6/36 Aedes albopictus Cells Have a Dysfunctional Antiviral RNA Interference Response

(2010) Doug E. Brackney et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Large-scale insertional mutagenesis of a coleopteran stored grain pest, the red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum, identifies embryonic lethal mutations and enhancer traps

(2009) Jochen Trauner et al.   BMC BIOLOGY

Transpositionally active episomal hAT elements

(2009) David A O'Brochta et al.   BMC MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

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

(2009) Colin D. Malone et al.   CELL

Small RNAs as Guardians of the Genome

(2009) Colin D. Malone et al.   CELL

Origins and Mechanisms of miRNAs and siRNAs

(2009) Richard W. Carthew et al.   CELL

A Broadly Conserved Pathway Generates 3′UTR-Directed Primary piRNAs

(2009) Nicolas Robine et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Abundant primary piRNAs, endo-siRNAs, and microRNAs in a Drosophila ovary cell line

(2009) N. C. Lau et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

Benchmarking Next-Generation Transcriptome Sequencing for Functional and Evolutionary Genomics

(2009) J. G. Gibbons et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

A regulatory circuit for piwi by the large Maf gene traffic jam in Drosophila

(2009) Kuniaki Saito et al.   NATURE

Ultrafast and memory-efficient alignment of short DNA sequences to the human genome

(2009) Ben Langmead et al.   GENOME BIOLOGY

Comparative genomics of small RNA regulatory pathway components in vector mosquitoes

(2008) Corey L Campbell et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Endogenous RNA Interference Provides a Somatic Defense against Drosophila Transposons

(2008) Wei-Jen Chung et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Mouse Maelstrom, a Component of Nuage, Is Essential for Spermatogenesis and Transposon Repression in Meiosis

(2008) Sarah F.C. Soper et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Cytotype Regulation of P Transposable Elements in Drosophila melanogaster: Repressor Polypeptides or piRNAs?

(2008) P. A. Jensen et al.   GENETICS

Identification of miniature inverted-repeat transposable elements (MITEs) and biogenesis of their siRNAs in the Solanaceae: New functional implications for MITEs

(2008) H. Kuang 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

Drosophila endogenous small RNAs bind to Argonaute 2 in somatic cells

(2008) Yoshinori Kawamura et al.   NATURE

An endogenous small interfering RNA pathway in Drosophila

(2008) Benjamin Czech et al.   NATURE

Alphavirus-derived small RNAs modulate pathogenesis in disease vector mosquitoes

(2008) K. M. Myles et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Dual coding of siRNAs and miRNAs by plant transposable elements

(2008) J. Piriyapongsa et al.   RNA

An Epigenetic Role for Maternally Inherited piRNAs in Transposon Silencing

(2008) J. Brennecke et al.   SCIENCE

Endogenous siRNAs Derived from Transposons and mRNAs in Drosophila Somatic Cells

(2008) M. Ghildiyal et al.   SCIENCE