Emerging roles and functional mechanisms of PIWI-interacting RNAs

X Wang, A Ramat, M Simonelig, MF Liu - Nature Reviews Molecular …, 2023 - nature.com
PIWI-interacting RNAs (piRNAs) are a class of small non-coding RNAs that associate with
proteins of the PIWI clade of the Argonaute family. First identified in animal germ line cells …

Chemical composition, nutrient quality and acceptability of edible insects are affected by species, developmental stage, gender, diet, and processing method

VB Meyer-Rochow, RT Gahukar, S Ghosh, C Jung - Foods, 2021 - mdpi.com
Edible insects have been considered as either nutritious food itemsper se, or as wholesome
ingredients to various dishes and components of traditional subsistence. Protein, fat, mineral …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Sex determination: why so many ways of doing it?

D Bachtrog, JE Mank, CL Peichel, M Kirkpatrick… - PLoS …, 2014 - journals.plos.org
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One loop to rule them all: the ping-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 …

Nurse cell–derived small RNAs define paternal epigenetic inheritance in Arabidopsis

J Long, J Walker, W She, B Aldridge, H Gao, S Deans… - Science, 2021 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Epigenetic modifications to chromatin, such as the methylation of DNA
cytosines, carry regulatory information across the generations in plants and animals …

[HTML][HTML] High-quality genome assembly of the silkworm, Bombyx mori

M Kawamoto, A Jouraku, A Toyoda, K Yokoi… - Insect Biochemistry and …, 2019 - Elsevier
In 2008, the genome assembly and gene models for the domestic silkworm, Bombyx mori,
were published by a Japanese and Chinese collaboration group. However, the genome …

A Y-chromosome–encoded small RNA acts as a sex determinant in persimmons

T Akagi, IM Henry, R Tao, L Comai - Science, 2014 - science.org
In plants, multiple lineages have evolved sex chromosomes independently, providing a
powerful comparative framework, but few specific determinants controlling the expression of …

A male-determining factor in the mosquito Aedes aegypti

AB Hall, S Basu, X Jiang, Y Qi, VA Timoshevskiy… - Science, 2015 - science.org
Sex determination in the mosquito Aedes aegypti is governed by a dominant male-
determining factor (M factor) located within a Y chromosome–like region called the M locus …