2021
Genome-wide mapping of Piwi association with specific loci in Drosophila ovaries
Liu N, Neuenkirchen N, Zhong M, Lin H. Genome-wide mapping of Piwi association with specific loci in Drosophila ovaries. G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics 2021, 11: jkaa059. PMID: 33609367, PMCID: PMC8022938, DOI: 10.1093/g3journal/jkaa059.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsArgonaute ProteinsDNA Transposable ElementsDrosophilaDrosophila melanogasterDrosophila ProteinsEpigenesis, GeneticFemaleOvaryRNA, Small InterferingConceptsPIWI-interacting RNAsProtein-coding genesDrosophila ovaryGermline stem cell maintenanceRole of piRNAsTermination sitesGenome-wide mappingGenomic binding profileTranscriptional termination sitesSpecific genomic sitesStem cell maintenanceRNA pathwaysTransposon repressionTranscriptional startEuchromatic regionsGene regulationEpigenetic regulationGenomic sitesCell maintenancePiwiSpecific lociMethylation signalsDiverse mechanismsTarget siteBinding sites
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