2016
Piwi maintains germline stem cells and oogenesis in Drosophila through negative regulation of Polycomb group proteins
Peng JC, Valouev A, Liu N, Lin H. Piwi maintains germline stem cells and oogenesis in Drosophila through negative regulation of Polycomb group proteins. Nature Genetics 2016, 48: 283-291. PMID: 26780607, PMCID: PMC4767590, DOI: 10.1038/ng.3486.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2010
A Drosophila Chromatin Factor Interacts With the Piwi-Interacting RNA Mechanism in Niche Cells to Regulate Germline Stem Cell Self-Renewal
Smulders-Srinivasan TK, Szakmary A, Lin H. A Drosophila Chromatin Factor Interacts With the Piwi-Interacting RNA Mechanism in Niche Cells to Regulate Germline Stem Cell Self-Renewal. Genetics 2010, 186: 573-583. PMID: 20647505, PMCID: PMC2954472, DOI: 10.1534/genetics.110.119081.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsArgonaute ProteinsChromatinChromosomal Proteins, Non-HistoneDNA-Binding ProteinsDrosophilaDrosophila ProteinsEpigenesis, GeneticFemaleGerm CellsHedgehog ProteinsMalePolycomb-Group ProteinsPolymerase Chain ReactionRepressor ProteinsRNA-Induced Silencing ComplexRNA, Small InterferingSignal TransductionStem Cell NicheStem CellsConceptsGermline stem cellsNiche cellsEpigenetic programmingStem Cell Self-RenewalEnhancer of PolycombTrithorax group genesPotential genetic interactionsCell Self-RenewalNovel epigenetic mechanismStem cellsDrosophila ovaryGSC divisionChromatin factorsNiche signalingChromatin proteinsGenetic interactionsPiwi expressionStem cell defectEpigenetic regulationPiwiEpigenetic mechanismsGroup genesRNA mechanismExpression of hedgehogSelf-Renewal