2013
Chromatin Immunoprecipitation Assay of Piwi in Drosophila
Yin H, Lin H. Chromatin Immunoprecipitation Assay of Piwi in Drosophila. Methods In Molecular Biology 2013, 1093: 1-11. PMID: 24178552, DOI: 10.1007/978-1-62703-694-8_1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSmall RNA pathwaysRNA pathwaysArgonaute protein familyChromatin-associated factorsChromatin immunoprecipitation methodChromatin immunoprecipitation assaysWhole-genome mappingArgonaute proteinsDrosophila PiwiEpigenetic regulationDevelopmental biologyProtein familyImmunoprecipitation assaysCell biologyImmunoprecipitation methodHigh-resolution mapsPiwiEffector componentsBiologyPathwayGeneral utilityDrosophilaEpigenomeBiogenesisEpigenetics
2011
Uniting Germline and Stem Cells: The Function of Piwi Proteins and the piRNA Pathway in Diverse Organisms
Juliano C, Wang J, Lin H. Uniting Germline and Stem Cells: The Function of Piwi Proteins and the piRNA Pathway in Diverse Organisms. Annual Review Of Genetics 2011, 45: 447-469. PMID: 21942366, PMCID: PMC3832951, DOI: 10.1146/annurev-genet-110410-132541.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPIWI-interacting RNAsPIWI proteinsDiverse organismsStem cellsArgonaute protein familyPIWI-piRNA pathwayStem cell maintenanceSomatic stem/progenitor cellsAdult stem cellsStem/progenitor cellsPiRNA pathwayGermline specificationAnimal phylogenyGenome integrityProtein familyPosttranscriptional regulationCell maintenanceProtein bindsSomatic cellsEpigenetic programmingGermlineProgenitor cellsProteinOrganismsCommon mechanism
2006
A novel class of small RNAs in mouse spermatogenic cells
Grivna ST, Beyret E, Wang Z, Lin H. A novel class of small RNAs in mouse spermatogenic cells. Genes & Development 2006, 20: 1709-1714. PMID: 16766680, PMCID: PMC1522066, DOI: 10.1101/gad.1434406.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPIWI-interacting RNAsSmall RNAsMouse male germlineArgonaute protein familyPost-transcriptional levelSmall noncoding RNAsMouse spermatogenic cellsDiverse organismsMale germlineTranslational regulationProtein familyNoncoding RNAsSubfamily membersGene expressionMicro RNAsNovel classRNAPotent regulatorMIWISpermatogenic cellsPotential roleBiogenesisGermlinePolysomesOrganisms