2014
Retrotransposons and pseudogenes regulate mRNAs and lncRNAs via the piRNA pathway in the germline
Watanabe T, Cheng EC, Zhong M, Lin H. Retrotransposons and pseudogenes regulate mRNAs and lncRNAs via the piRNA pathway in the germline. Genome Research 2014, 25: 368-380. PMID: 25480952, PMCID: PMC4352877, DOI: 10.1101/gr.180802.114.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPIWI-interacting RNAsPiRNA pathwayRetrotransposon sequencesIntergenic regionMammalian PIWI-interacting RNAsRNA regulatory networkLate spermatocytesVivo functional analysisDegradation of mRNAUTR of mRNAsSlicer activityEukaryotic genomesLncRNA transcriptomeRegulatory networksRegulatory sequencesRepetitive sequencesPseudogenesMRNA stabilityFunctional analysisLncRNAsWidespread expressionSpermatid stageRetrotransposonsMRNATransposon
2008
The Role of piRNAs in Germline Stem Cell Division and Spermatogenesis.
Lin H. The Role of piRNAs in Germline Stem Cell Division and Spermatogenesis. Biology Of Reproduction 2008, 78: 281-281. DOI: 10.1093/biolreprod/78.s1.281a.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPIWI-interacting RNAsPIWI subfamily proteinsSubfamily proteinsProtein familyDiverse mechanisms of gene regulationGermline stem cell divisionMechanisms of gene regulationRegulation of mRNA stabilityGermline stem cellsNon-coding small RNAsStem cell self-renewalStem cell divisionPiwi subfamilyGenomic distributionCell self-renewalRepetitive sequencesIntron sequencesGene regulationSmall RNAsSelf-renewalGametogenic eventsCell divisionDiverse organismsPIWIMRNA stability