Piwi-interacting RNAs: biological functions and biogenesis

Structure and function of Zucchini endoribonuclease in piRNA biogenesis

(2012) Hiroshi Nishimasu et al.   NATURE

Is canalization more than just a beautiful idea?

(2012) Kaoru Sato et al.   GENOME BIOLOGY

piRNA Production Requires Heterochromatin Formation in Drosophila

(2011) Prashanth Rangan et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Vreteno, a gonad-specific protein, is essential for germline development and primary piRNA biogenesis in Drosophila

(2011) A. L. Zamparini et al.   DEVELOPMENT

PAPI, a novel TUDOR-domain protein, complexes with AGO3, ME31B and TRAL in the nuage to silence transposition

(2011) L. Liu et al.   DEVELOPMENT

The tudor domain protein Kumo is required to assemble the nuage and to generate germline piRNAs inDrosophila

(2011) Amit Anand et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

The Cutoff protein regulates piRNA cluster expression and piRNA production in theDrosophilagermline

(2011) Attilio Pane et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

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

Maelstrom coordinates microtubule organization during Drosophila oogenesis through interaction with components of the MTOC

(2011) K. Sato et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

Piwis and piwi-interacting RNAs in the epigenetics of cancer

(2011) Sara Siddiqi et al.   JOURNAL OF CELLULAR BIOCHEMISTRY

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

(2011) Zhao Zhang et al.   MOLECULAR CELL

Non-coding RNAs in human disease

(2011) Manel Esteller   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

Deciphering arginine methylation: Tudor tells the tale

(2011) Chen Chen et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

PIWI-interacting small RNAs: the vanguard of genome defence

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

Gender-Specific Hierarchy in Nuage Localization of PIWI-Interacting RNA Factors in Drosophila

(2011) Akihiro Nagao et al.   Frontiers in Genetics

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

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

Small RNA-Mediated Quiescence of Transposable Elements in Animals

(2010) Kuniaki Saito et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

An in vivo RNAi assay identifies major genetic and cellular requirements for primary piRNA biogenesis in Drosophila

(2010) Daniel Olivieri et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

Probing the initiation and effector phases of the somatic piRNA pathway in Drosophila

(2010) A. D. Haase et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

Roles for the Yb body components Armitage and Yb in primary piRNA biogenesis in Drosophila

(2010) K. Saito et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

The Yb Body, a Major Site for Piwi-associated RNA Biogenesis and a Gateway for Piwi Expression and Transport to the Nucleus in Somatic Cells

(2010) Hongying Qi et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Maternal mRNA deadenylation and decay by the piRNA pathway in the early Drosophila embryo

(2010) Christel Rouget et al.   NATURE

Hsp90 prevents phenotypic variation by suppressing the mutagenic activity of transposons

(2010) Valeria Specchia et al.   NATURE

Drosophila Piwi functions in Hsp90-mediated suppression of phenotypic variation

(2010) Vamsi K Gangaraju et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Biogenesis pathways of piRNAs loaded onto AGO3 in the Drosophila testis

(2010) A. Nagao et al.   RNA

Ectopic Expression of Germline Genes Drives Malignant Brain Tumor Growth in Drosophila

(2010) A. Janic et al.   SCIENCE

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

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

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

(2009) Colin D. Malone et al.   CELL

Collapse of Germline piRNAs in the Absence of Argonaute3 Reveals Somatic piRNAs in Flies

(2009) Chengjian Li et al.   CELL

Small RNAs as Guardians of the Genome

(2009) Colin D. Malone et al.   CELL

The Drosophila HP1 Homolog Rhino Is Required for Transposon Silencing and piRNA Production by Dual-Strand Clusters

(2009) Carla Klattenhoff et al.   CELL

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

(2009) Nicolas Robine et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Systematic and single cell analysis of Xenopus Piwi-interacting RNAs and Xiwi

(2009) Nelson C Lau et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

Functional involvement of Tudor and dPRMT5 in the piRNA processing pathway in Drosophila germlines

(2009) Kazumichi M Nishida et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

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

(2009) Kuniaki Saito et al.   NATURE

On the road to reading the RNA-interference code

(2009) Haruhiko Siomi et al.   NATURE

Small silencing RNAs: an expanding universe

(2009) Megha Ghildiyal et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

Biogenesis of small RNAs in animals

(2009) V. Narry Kim et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

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

A piRNA Pathway Primed by Individual Transposons Is Linked to De Novo DNA Methylation in Mice

(2008) Alexei A. Aravin et al.   MOLECULAR CELL