RNA and epigenetic silencing: Insight from fission yeast

RNAi promotes heterochromatic silencing through replication-coupled release of RNA Pol II

(2011) Mikel Zaratiegui et al.   NATURE

Coordination of DNA replication and histone modification by the Rik1–Dos2 complex

(2011) Fei Li et al.   NATURE

Clr4/Suv39 and RNA Quality Control Factors Cooperate to Trigger RNAi and Suppress Antisense RNA

(2011) K. Zhang et al.   SCIENCE

Comparative Functional Genomics of the Fission Yeasts

(2011) N. Rhind et al.   SCIENCE

Stc1: A Critical Link between RNAi and Chromatin Modification Required for Heterochromatin Integrity

(2010) Elizabeth H. Bayne et al.   CELL

Dicer-Independent Primal RNAs Trigger RNAi and Heterochromatin Formation

(2010) Mario Halic et al.   CELL

The Methyltransferase Activity of Clr4Suv39h Triggers RNAi Independently of Histone H3K9 Methylation

(2010) Erica L. Gerace et al.   MOLECULAR CELL

Dicer associates with chromatin to repress genome activity in Schizosaccharomyces pombe

(2010) Katrina J Woolcock et al.   NATURE STRUCTURAL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

A Small-RNA Perspective on Gametogenesis, Fertilization, and Early Zygotic Development

(2010) Déborah Bourc’his et al.   SCIENCE

Continuous Requirement for the Clr4 Complex But Not RNAi for Centromeric Heterochromatin Assembly in Fission Yeast Harboring a Disrupted RITS Complex

(2010) Sreenath Shanker et al.   PLoS Genetics

DNA Methylation and Normal Chromosome Behavior in Neurospora Depend on Five Components of a Histone Methyltransferase Complex, DCDC

(2010) Zachary A. Lewis et al.   PLoS Genetics

RNA-mediated chromatin-based silencing in plants

(2009) Marjori Matzke et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN CELL BIOLOGY

Recruitment of Polycomb group complexes and their role in the dynamic regulation of cell fate choice

(2009) B. Schuettengruber et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Involvement of the Spliceosomal U4 Small Nuclear RNA in Heterochromatic Gene Silencing at Fission Yeast Centromeres

(2009) Madoka Chinen et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

High-Affinity Binding of Chp1 Chromodomain to K9 Methylated Histone H3 Is Required to Establish Centromeric Heterochromatin

(2009) Thomas Schalch et al.   MOLECULAR CELL

Histone H2A.Z cooperates with RNAi and heterochromatin factors to suppress antisense RNAs

(2009) Martin Zofall et al.   NATURE

The heterochromatin protein Swi6/HP1 activates replication origins at the pericentromeric region and silent mating-type locus

(2009) Makoto T. Hayashi et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Small silencing RNAs: an expanding universe

(2009) Megha Ghildiyal et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

Synthetic Heterochromatin Bypasses RNAi and Centromeric Repeats to Establish Functional Centromeres

(2009) A. Kagansky et al.   SCIENCE

Small RNA-directed heterochromatin formation in the context of development: What flies might learn from fission yeast

(2008) Kathryn L. Huisinga et al.   Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Gene Regulatory Mechanisms

Lid2 Is Required for Coordinating H3K4 and H3K9 Methylation of Heterochromatin and Euchromatin

(2008) Fei Li et al.   CELL

Structural Basis of UV DNA-Damage Recognition by the DDB1–DDB2 Complex

(2008) Andrea Scrima et al.   CELL

Cohesin Complex Promotes Transcriptional Termination between Convergent Genes in S. pombe

(2008) Monika Gullerova et al.   CELL

RNA Interference Guides Histone Modification during the S Phase of Chromosomal Replication

(2008) Anna Kloc et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Balance between Distinct HP1 Family Proteins Controls Heterochromatin Assembly in Fission Yeast

(2008) M. Sadaie et al.   MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOLOGY

siRNA-Mediated Heterochromatin Establishment Requires HP1 and Is Associated with Antisense Transcription

(2008) Tetsushi Iida et al.   MOLECULAR CELL

HP1 Proteins Form Distinct Complexes and Mediate Heterochromatic Gene Silencing by Nonoverlapping Mechanisms

(2008) Mohammad R. Motamedi et al.   MOLECULAR CELL

Cell cycle control of centromeric repeat transcription and heterochromatin assembly

(2008) Ee Sin Chen et al.   NATURE

Epigenetic regulation of centromeric chromatin: old dogs, new tricks?

(2008) Robin C. Allshire et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

Splicing Factors Facilitate RNAi-Directed Silencing in Fission Yeast

(2008) E. H. Bayne et al.   SCIENCE