2018
The Role of Maternal HP1a in Early Drosophila Embryogenesis via Regulation of Maternal Transcript Production
Park AR, Liu N, Neuenkirchen N, Guo Q, Lin H. The Role of Maternal HP1a in Early Drosophila Embryogenesis via Regulation of Maternal Transcript Production. Genetics 2018, 211: 201-217. PMID: 30442760, PMCID: PMC6325692, DOI: 10.1534/genetics.118.301704.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHeterochromatin protein 1aMaternal transcriptsEarly Drosophila embryogenesisGermline developmentDrosophila embryogenesisMRNA splicingCell divisionTranscript productionProtein 1AEpigenetic factorsDownregulates genesEmbryogenesisGenesTranscriptsSplicingOogenesisTranscriptionOrganogenesisRegulationRoleProductionNeurogenesisDivisionDevelopmentTranslation
2015
Reassessment of Piwi Binding to the Genome and Piwi Impact on RNA Polymerase II Distribution
Lin H, Chen M, Kundaje A, Valouev A, Yin H, Liu N, Neuenkirchen N, Zhong M, Snyder M. Reassessment of Piwi Binding to the Genome and Piwi Impact on RNA Polymerase II Distribution. Developmental Cell 2015, 32: 772-774. PMID: 25805139, PMCID: PMC4472434, DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2015.03.004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsArgonaute ProteinsBase SequenceBinding SitesChromatin ImmunoprecipitationChromobox Protein Homolog 5Chromosomal Proteins, Non-HistoneDNA-Binding ProteinsDrosophila melanogasterDrosophila ProteinsGenomeHigh-Throughput Nucleotide SequencingHistone MethyltransferasesHistone-Lysine N-MethyltransferaseMethyltransferasesRNA InterferenceRNA Polymerase IIRNA, Small InterferingSequence Analysis, DNAConceptsRNA polymerase II distributionGenomic targetsHeterochromatin protein 1aRNA polymerase IICurrent bioinformatics methodsPiwi mutantsDrosophila PiwiPolymerase IIDevelopmental cellsPericentric regionsHistone methyltransferaseBioinformatics methodsBioinformatics pipelineProtein 1APiwiGenomePiRNAsEuchromatinMutantsMethyltransferaseSites
2013
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
2007
Drosophila PIWI associates with chromatin and interacts directly with HP1a
Brower-Toland B, Findley SD, Jiang L, Liu L, Yin H, Dus M, Zhou P, Elgin SC, Lin H. Drosophila PIWI associates with chromatin and interacts directly with HP1a. Genes & Development 2007, 21: 2300-2311. PMID: 17875665, PMCID: PMC1973144, DOI: 10.1101/gad.1564307.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAmino Acid MotifsAnimalsArgonaute ProteinsBinding SitesChromatinChromobox Protein Homolog 5Chromosomal Proteins, Non-HistoneDrosophila melanogasterDrosophila ProteinsEmbryo, NonmammalianFemaleGene SilencingMaleModels, MolecularNuclear ProteinsProtein BindingProteinsRNA-Induced Silencing ComplexConceptsHeterochromatin protein 1aPIWI-interacting RNAsEpigenetic changesChromatin-associated proteinsProtein family membersNormal silencingHeterochromatic genesFly genomeHeterochromatin componentsChromatin modifiersEpigenetic stateEpigenetic regulationRNA mechanismFruit flyPiwiTerminal domainProtein 1ACentral playerRNASpecific sequencesDirect interactionGenomeGenesMotifCellular systems