2024
A comparative roadmap of PIWI-interacting RNAs across seven species reveals insights into de novo piRNA-precursor formation in mammals
Konstantinidou P, Loubalova Z, Ahrend F, Friman A, Almeida M, Poulet A, Horvat F, Wang Y, Losert W, Lorenzi H, Svoboda P, Miska E, van Wolfswinkel J, Haase A. A comparative roadmap of PIWI-interacting RNAs across seven species reveals insights into de novo piRNA-precursor formation in mammals. Cell Reports 2024, 43: 114777. PMID: 39302833, DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2024.114777.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPIWI-interacting RNAsPiwi-interacting RNA clustersPiRNA clustersPiRNA biologySilencing mobile genetic elementsGenomic piRNA clustersSingle-stranded precursorsMobile genetic elementsSafeguarding genome integrityGerm cell biologySpecies-specific variationGenome invadersTranscriptional readthroughTransposon insertionGenetic elementsGenome integrityRetroviral invasionMolecular mechanismsCell biologyRNAMammalsSpeciesBiologyTransposonReadthrough
2009
CDE-1 Affects Chromosome Segregation through Uridylation of CSR-1-Bound siRNAs
van Wolfswinkel JC, Claycomb JM, Batista PJ, Mello CC, Berezikov E, Ketting RF. CDE-1 Affects Chromosome Segregation through Uridylation of CSR-1-Bound siRNAs. Cell 2009, 139: 135-148. PMID: 19804759, DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2009.09.012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCDE-1Chromosome segregationCSR-1RNAi pathwaySimilar sorting mechanismsMitotic chromosome segregationEndogenous RNAi pathwaysEGO-1Argonaute proteinsMitotic chromosomesSiRNA levelsC. elegansConserved natureSorting mechanismSiRNAsUridylationChromosomesInappropriate loadingProteinPathwaySegregationElegansRNAiMammalsGenes