piRNA clusters as a main source of small RNAs in the animal germline

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

Roles of histone H3K9 methyltransferases during Drosophila spermatogenesis

(2012) Yuta Ushijima et al.   CHROMOSOME RESEARCH

Mutations to the piRNA Pathway Component Aubergine Enhance Meiotic Drive of Segregation Distorter in Drosophila melanogaster

(2012) S. L. Gell et al.   GENETICS

piRNA-mediated transgenerational inheritance of an acquired trait

(2012) T. Grentzinger et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

RNA Polymerase II Collision Interrupts Convergent Transcription

(2012) David J. Hobson et al.   MOLECULAR CELL

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

(2012) Germano Cecere et al.   MOLECULAR CELL

Structure and function of Zucchini endoribonuclease in piRNA biogenesis

(2012) Hiroshi Nishimasu et al.   NATURE

Paramutation in Drosophila linked to emergence of a piRNA-producing locus

(2012) Augustin de Vanssay et al.   NATURE

The structural biochemistry of Zucchini implicates it as a nuclease in piRNA biogenesis

(2012) Jonathan J. Ipsaro et al.   NATURE

The comprehensive epigenome map of piRNA clusters

(2012) Shinpei Kawaoka et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Crystal structure of the primary piRNA biogenesis factor Zucchini reveals similarity to the bacterial PLD endonuclease Nuc

(2012) F. Voigt et al.   RNA

Function, Targets, and Evolution of Caenorhabditis elegans piRNAs

(2012) M. P. Bagijn et al.   SCIENCE

Production of Virus-Derived Ping-Pong-Dependent piRNA-like Small RNAs in the Mosquito Soma

(2012) Elaine M. Morazzani et al.   PLoS Pathogens

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

(2011) Peter Arensburger et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Adaptation to P Element Transposon Invasion in Drosophila melanogaster

(2011) Jaspreet S. Khurana et al.   CELL

piRNA Production Requires Heterochromatin Formation in Drosophila

(2011) Prashanth Rangan et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

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

A novel organelle, the piNG-body, in the nuage of Drosophila male germ cells is associated with piRNA-mediated gene silencing

(2011) Mikhail V. Kibanov et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

3′ End Formation of PIWI-Interacting RNAs In Vitro

(2011) Shinpei Kawaoka et al.   MOLECULAR CELL

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

(2011) Zhao Zhang et al.   MOLECULAR CELL

PIWI-interacting small RNAs: the vanguard of genome defence

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

Mechanism of the piRNA-mediated silencing of Drosophila telomeric retrotransposons

(2011) Sergey Shpiz et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Functional specialization of Piwi proteins in Paramecium tetraurelia from post-transcriptional gene silencing to genome remodelling

(2011) Khaled Bouhouche et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Separation of stem cell maintenance and transposon silencing functions of Piwi protein

(2011) M. S. Klenov et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A role for transcription from a piRNA cluster in de novo piRNA production

(2011) S. Kawaoka et al.   RNA

Zygotic amplification of secondary piRNAs during silkworm embryogenesis

(2011) S. Kawaoka et al.   RNA

Production of artificial piRNAs in flies and mice

(2011) F. Muerdter et al.   RNA

Dicer-Independent Primal RNAs Trigger RNAi and Heterochromatin Formation

(2010) Mario Halic et al.   CELL

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

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

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

(2010) Daniel Olivieri et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

Transient relaxation of transposon silencing at the onset of mammalian meiosis

(2010) Godfried W. van der Heijden et al.   Epigenetics

How does the Royal Family of Tudor rule the PIWI-interacting RNA pathway?

(2010) M. C. Siomi 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 Epigenetic Trans-Silencing Effect in Drosophila Involves Maternally-Transmitted Small RNAs Whose Production Depends on the piRNA Pathway and HP1

(2010) Anne-Laure Todeschini et al.   PLoS One

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

(2010) N. V. Rozhkov et al.   RNA

Biogenesis pathways of piRNAs loaded onto AGO3 in the Drosophila testis

(2010) A. Nagao et al.   RNA

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

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

HP1 Recruitment in the Absence of Argonaute Proteins in Drosophila

(2010) Nellie Moshkovich et al.   PLoS Genetics

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

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

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

(2009) Kuniaki Saito et al.   NATURE

The Bombyx ovary-derived cell line endogenously expresses PIWI/PIWI-interacting RNA complexes

(2009) S. Kawaoka et al.   RNA

Developmentally synchronized expression of two Bombyx mori Piwi subfamily genes, SIWI and BmAGO3 in germ-line cells

(2008) Shinpei Kawaoka et al.   BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

Comparative genomics of small RNA regulatory pathway components in vector mosquitoes

(2008) Corey L Campbell et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Temporal Reciprocity of miRNAs and Their Targets during the Maternal-to-Zygotic Transition in Drosophila

(2008) Natascha Bushati et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Small RNA guides for de novo DNA methylation in mammalian germ cells

(2008) A. A. Aravin et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

Bombyx small RNAs: Genomic defense system against transposons in the silkworm, Bombyx mori

(2008) Shinpei Kawaoka et al.   INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

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

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

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

rasiRNA pathway controls antisense expression of Drosophila telomeric retrotransposons in the nucleus

(2008) Sergey Shpiz et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

dSETDB1 and SU(VAR)3–9 Sequentially Function during Germline-Stem Cell Differentiation in Drosophila melanogaster

(2008) Jeongheon Yoon et al.   PLoS One

An Epigenetic Role for Maternally Inherited piRNAs in Transposon Silencing

(2008) J. Brennecke et al.   SCIENCE