PIWI-interacting RNAs: small RNAs with big functions

DM Ozata, I Gainetdinov, A Zoch, D O'Carroll… - Nature Reviews …, 2019 - nature.com
In animals, PIWI-interacting RNAs (piRNAs) of 21–35 nucleotides in length silence
transposable elements, regulate gene expression and fight viral infection. piRNAs guide …

piRNA-guided genome defense: from biogenesis to silencing

B Czech, M Munafò, F Ciabrelli… - Annual review of …, 2018 - annualreviews.org
PIWI-interacting RNAs (piRNAs) and their associated PIWI clade Argonaute proteins
constitute the core of the piRNA pathway. In gonadal cells, this conserved pathway is crucial …

One loop to rule them all: the **-pong cycle and piRNA-guided silencing

B Czech, GJ Hannon - Trends in biochemical sciences, 2016 - cell.com
The PIWI-interacting RNA (piRNA) pathway is a conserved defense mechanism that protects
the genetic information of animal germ cells from the deleterious effects of molecular …

PIWI-interacting RNA: its biogenesis and functions

YW Iwasaki, MC Siomi, H Siomi - Annual review of biochemistry, 2015 - annualreviews.org
PIWI-interacting RNAs (piRNAs) are a class of small RNAs that are 24–31 nucleotides in
length. They associate with PIWI proteins, which constitute a germline-specific subclade of …

Argonaute proteins: functional insights and emerging roles

G Meister - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2013 - nature.com
Small-RNA-guided gene regulation has emerged as one of the fundamental principles in
cell function, and the major protein players in this process are members of the Argonaute …

piRNA-guided transposon cleavage initiates Zucchini-dependent, phased piRNA production

BW Han, W Wang, C Li, Z Weng, PD Zamore - Science, 2015 - science.org
PIWI-interacting RNAs (piRNAs) protect the animal germ line by silencing transposons.
Primary piRNAs, generated from transcripts of genomic transposon “junkyards”(piRNA …

Pan-arthropod analysis reveals somatic piRNAs as an ancestral defence against transposable elements

SH Lewis, KA Quarles, Y Yang, M Tanguy… - Nature ecology & …, 2018 - nature.com
In animals, small RNA molecules termed PIWI-interacting RNAs (piRNAs) silence
transposable elements (TEs), protecting the germline from genomic instability and mutation …

A single mechanism of biogenesis, initiated and directed by PIWI proteins, explains piRNA production in most animals

I Gainetdinov, C Colpan, A Arif, K Cecchini, PD Zamore - Molecular cell, 2018 - cell.com
In animals, PIWI-interacting RNAs (piRNAs) guide PIWI proteins to silence transposons and
regulate gene expression. The mechanisms for making piRNAs have been proposed to …

Elimination of PCR duplicates in RNA-seq and small RNA-seq using unique molecular identifiers

Y Fu, PH Wu, T Beane, PD Zamore, Z Weng - BMC genomics, 2018 - Springer
Background RNA-seq and small RNA-seq are powerful, quantitative tools to study gene
regulation and function. Common high-throughput sequencing methods rely on polymerase …

The piRNA pathway guards the germline genome against transposable elements

KF Tóth, D Pezic, E Stuwe, A Webster - Non-coding RNA and the …, 2016 - Springer
Transposable elements (TEs) have the capacity to replicate and insert into new genomic
locations. This contributs significantly to evolution of genomes, but can also result in DNA …