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 …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Phase transition of a disordered nuage protein generates environmentally responsive membraneless organelles

TJ Nott, E Petsalaki, P Farber, D Jervis, E Fussner… - Molecular cell, 2015 - cell.com
Cells chemically isolate molecules in compartments to both facilitate and regulate their
interactions. In addition to membrane-encapsulated compartments, cells can form …

Protein arginine methyltransferases and cancer

Y Yang, MT Bedford - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2013 - nature.com
There are nine protein arginine methyltransferases (PRMTs) encoded in mammalian
genomes, the protein products of which catalyse three types of arginine methylation …

Establishing, maintaining and modifying DNA methylation patterns in plants and animals

JA Law, SE Jacobsen - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2010 - nature.com
Cytosine DNA methylation is a stable epigenetic mark that is crucial for diverse biological
processes, including gene and transposon silencing, imprinting and X chromosome …

PIWI-interacting small RNAs: the vanguard of genome defence

MC Siomi, K Sato, D Pezic, AA Aravin - Nature reviews Molecular cell …, 2011 - nature.com
PIWI-interacting RNAs (piRNAs) are a distinct class of small non-coding RNAs that form the
piRNA-induced silencing complex (piRISC) in the germ line of many animal species. The …

Post-translational modifications in signal integration

YL Deribe, T Pawson, I Dikic - Nature structural & molecular biology, 2010 - nature.com
Post-translational modifications of proteins and the domains that recognize these
modifications have central roles in creating a highly dynamic relay system that reads and …

Regulation and function of DNA methylation in plants and animals

XJ He, T Chen, JK Zhu - Cell research, 2011 - nature.com
DNA methylation is an important epigenetic mark involved in diverse biological processes.
In plants, DNA methylation can be established through the RNA-directed DNA methylation …

An ancient transcription factor initiates the burst of piRNA production during early meiosis in mouse testes

XZ Li, CK Roy, X Dong, E Bolcun-Filas, J Wang… - Molecular cell, 2013 - cell.com
Animal germ cells produce PIWI-interacting RNAs (piRNAs), small silencing RNAs that
suppress transposons and enable gamete maturation. Mammalian transposon-silencing …

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 …