A Major Epigenetic Programming Mechanism Guided by piRNAs
Huang XA, Yin H, Sweeney S, Raha D, Snyder M, Lin H. A Major Epigenetic Programming Mechanism Guided by piRNAs. Developmental Cell 2013, 24: 502-516. PMID: 23434410, PMCID: PMC3600162, DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2013.01.023.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAnimals, Genetically ModifiedArgonaute ProteinsChromatinChromatin ImmunoprecipitationChromobox Protein Homolog 5Chromosomal Proteins, Non-HistoneDNA Transposable ElementsDrosophilaDrosophila ProteinsEpigenomicsGenomeGenomicsMethyltransferasesMutationReal-Time Polymerase Chain ReactionReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionRNA Polymerase IIRNA, MessengerRNA, Small InterferingConceptsSpecific genomic sitesEpigenetic factorsGenomic sitesRNA polymerase II associationPiwi-piRNA complexDrosophila genomeEpigenetic stateEpigenetic landscapeComplex associatesPiwiGenomePiRNAsCentral enigmaMajor mechanismEctopic sitesSequenceHP1aDrosophilaPiRNASitesEpigeneticsMechanismProgramming mechanismAssociatesRecruitment