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

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 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

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

(2009) Carla Klattenhoff et al.   CELL

The TDRD9-MIWI2 Complex Is Essential for piRNA-Mediated Retrotransposon Silencing in the Mouse Male Germline

(2009) Masanobu Shoji et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

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

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

The Yb protein defines a novel organelle and regulates male germline stem cell self-renewal inDrosophila melanogaster

(2009) Akos Szakmary et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

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

(2009) Kuniaki Saito et al.   NATURE

Sorting of Drosophila small silencing RNAs partitions microRNA* strands into the RNA interference pathway

(2009) M. Ghildiyal et al.   RNA

MILI, a PIWI-interacting RNA-binding Protein, Is Required for Germ Line Stem Cell Self-renewal and Appears to Positively Regulate Translation

(2008) Yingdee Unhavaithaya et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

The PIWI proteins SMEDWI-2 and SMEDWI-3 are required for stem cell function and piRNA expression in planarians

(2008) D. Palakodeti et al.   RNA