Homeland security in theC. elegansgerm line

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

High-throughput sequencing reveals extraordinary fluidity of miRNA, piRNA, and siRNA pathways in nematodes

(2013) Z. Shi et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

Argonaute proteins: functional insights and emerging roles

(2013) Gunter Meister   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

PIWI-interacting RNAs: from generation to transgenerational epigenetics

(2013) Maartje J. Luteijn et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

A Conserved Upstream Motif Orchestrates Autonomous, Germline-Enriched Expression of Caenorhabditis elegans piRNAs

(2013) Allison C. Billi et al.   PLoS Genetics

C. elegans piRNAs Mediate the Genome-wide Surveillance of Germline Transcripts

(2012) Heng-Chi Lee et al.   CELL

CapSeq and CIP-TAP Identify Pol II Start Sites and Reveal Capped Small RNAs as C. elegans piRNA Precursors

(2012) Weifeng Gu et al.   CELL

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

(2012) Grzegorz Sienski et al.   CELL

piRNAs Can Trigger a Multigenerational Epigenetic Memory in the Germline of C. elegans

(2012) Alyson Ashe et al.   CELL

UAP56 Couples piRNA Clusters to the Perinuclear Transposon Silencing Machinery

(2012) Fan Zhang et al.   CELL

piRNAs Initiate an Epigenetic Memory of Nonself RNA in the C. elegans Germline

(2012) Masaki Shirayama et al.   CELL

Caenorhabditis elegans Small RNA Pathways Make Their Mark on Chromatin

(2012) Julie M. Claycomb   DNA AND CELL BIOLOGY

Extremely stable Piwi-induced gene silencing inCaenorhabditis elegans

(2012) Maartje J Luteijn et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

Biology of PIWI-interacting RNAs: new insights into biogenesis and function inside and outside of germlines

(2012) H. Ishizu et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

Promoters Recognized by Forkhead Proteins Exist for Individual 21U-RNAs

(2012) Germano Cecere et al.   MOLECULAR CELL

An inverse relationship to germline transcription defines centromeric chromatin in C. elegans

(2012) Reto Gassmann et al.   NATURE

Structure and function of Zucchini endoribonuclease in piRNA biogenesis

(2012) Hiroshi Nishimasu et al.   NATURE

A nuclear Argonaute promotes multigenerational epigenetic inheritance and germline immortality

(2012) Bethany A. Buckley et al.   NATURE

Amplification of siRNA in Caenorhabditis elegans generates a transgenerational sequence-targeted histone H3 lysine 9 methylation footprint

(2012) Sam Guoping Gu et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Function, Targets, and Evolution of Caenorhabditis elegans piRNAs

(2012) M. P. Bagijn et al.   SCIENCE

The Caenorhabditis elegans HEN1 Ortholog, HENN-1, Methylates and Stabilizes Select Subclasses of Germline Small RNAs

(2012) Allison C. Billi et al.   PLoS Genetics

PIWI Associated siRNAs and piRNAs Specifically Require the Caenorhabditis elegans HEN1 Ortholog henn-1

(2012) Taiowa A. Montgomery et al.   PLoS Genetics

Differential Impact of the HEN1 Homolog HENN-1 on 21U and 26G RNAs in the Germline of Caenorhabditis elegans

(2012) Leonie M. Kamminga et al.   PLoS Genetics

Divergent transcription: A new feature of active promoters

(2011) Amy C. Seila et al.   CELL CYCLE

MITOPLD Is a Mitochondrial Protein Essential for Nuage Formation and piRNA Biogenesis in the Mouse Germline

(2011) Toshiaki Watanabe et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

piRNA-Associated Germline Nuage Formation and Spermatogenesis Require MitoPLD Profusogenic Mitochondrial-Surface Lipid Signaling

(2011) Huiyan Huang et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

3′ End Formation of PIWI-Interacting RNAs In Vitro

(2011) Shinpei Kawaoka et al.   MOLECULAR CELL

PIWI-interacting small RNAs: the vanguard of genome defence

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

Nuclear RNAi maintains heritable gene silencing in Caenorhabditis elegans

(2011) N. O. Burton et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Small Noncoding RNAs in the Germline

(2011) J. P. Saxe et al.   Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

A Pre-mRNA–Associating Factor Links Endogenous siRNAs to Chromatin Regulation

(2011) Kirk B. Burkhart et al.   PLoS Genetics

Diverse transcription factor binding features revealed by genome-wide ChIP-seq in C. elegans

(2010) W. Niu et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

Broad chromosomal domains of histone modification patterns in C. elegans

(2010) T. Liu et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

P Granule Assembly and Function in Caenorhabditis elegans Germ Cells

(2010) D. Updike et al.   JOURNAL OF ANDROLOGY

Integrative Analysis of the Caenorhabditis elegans Genome by the modENCODE Project

(2010) M. B. Gerstein et al.   SCIENCE

Differential Localization and Independent Acquisition of the H3K9me2 and H3K9me3 Chromatin Modifications in the Caenorhabditis elegans Adult Germ Line

(2010) Jessica B. Bessler et al.   PLoS Genetics

Genome-Wide Identification of Binding Sites Defines Distinct Functions for Caenorhabditis elegans PHA-4/FOXA in Development and Environmental Response

(2010) Mei Zhong et al.   PLoS Genetics

The Biogenesis and Function of PIWI Proteins and piRNAs: Progress and Prospect

(2009) Travis Thomson et al.   Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology

The Argonaute CSR-1 and Its 22G-RNA Cofactors Are Required for Holocentric Chromosome Segregation

(2009) Julie M. Claycomb et al.   CELL

Repertoire and evolution of miRNA genes in four divergent nematode species

(2009) E. de Wit et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

Distinct Argonaute-Mediated 22G-RNA Pathways Direct Genome Surveillance in the C. elegans Germline

(2009) Weifeng Gu et al.   MOLECULAR CELL

A C. elegans Piwi, PRG-1, Regulates 21U-RNAs during Spermatogenesis

(2008) Guilin Wang et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Transmission Dynamics of Heritable Silencing Induced by Double-Stranded RNA in Caenorhabditis elegans

(2008) Rosa M. Alcazar et al.   GENETICS

Piwi and piRNAs Act Upstream of an Endogenous siRNA Pathway to Suppress Tc3 Transposon Mobility in the Caenorhabditis elegans Germline

(2008) Partha P. Das et al.   MOLECULAR CELL

PRG-1 and 21U-RNAs Interact to Form the piRNA Complex Required for Fertility in C. elegans

(2008) Pedro J. Batista et al.   MOLECULAR CELL

An Argonaute Transports siRNAs from the Cytoplasm to the Nucleus

(2008) S. Guang et al.   SCIENCE