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ReviewCurrent opinion in genetics & development2013

The piRNA pathway in flies: highlights and future directions.

Paloma M Guzzardo, Felix Muerdter, Gregory J Hannon

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Review in Current opinion in genetics & development, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 50 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

50 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Paloma M GuzzardoWatson School of Biological Sciences, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724, United States.
Felix Muerdter
Gregory J Hannon

Funding

Single-Cell Biology Shared ResourceP30CA045508 · NCI · COLD SPRING HARBOR LABORATORY · PI John Edward Moses · 1987 to 2026
$118.9M
VIRAL TRANSACTIVATIONP01CA013106 · NCI · COLD SPRING HARBOR LABORATORY · PI William Richard McCombie · 1985 to 2026
$116.8M
CSHL Watson School of Biological SciencesT32GM065094 · NIGMS · COLD SPRING HARBOR LABORATORY · PI GANN, ALEXANDER · 2002 to 2021
$4.8M
MECHANISMS OF DSRNA-INDUCED GENE SILENCINGR01GM062534 · NIGMS · COLD SPRING HARBOR LABORATORY · PI HANNON, GREGORY J · 2000 to 2012
$4.3M
Roles of small RNAs in guarding germ cell genomesR37GM062534 · NIGMS · NEW YORK GENOME CENTER · PI HANNON, GREGORY J · 2013 to 2017
$2.0M
Howard Hughes Medical InstituteNCI NIH HHS P01 CA013106NCI NIH HHS P30 CA045508NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM062534NIGMS NIH HHS R37 GM062534NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM065094
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Piwi proteins, together with their bound Piwi-interacting RNAs, constitute an evolutionarily conserved, germline-specific innate immune system. The piRNA pathway is one of the key mechanisms for silencing transposable elements in the germline, thereby preserving genome integrity between generations. Recent work from several groups has significantly advanced our understanding of how piRNAs arise from discrete genomic loci, termed piRNA clusters, and how these Piwi-piRNA complexes enforce transposon silencing. Here, we discuss these recent findings, as well as highlight some aspects of piRNA biology that continue to escape our understanding.

Indexed as

Signal TransductionAnimalsDNA Transposable ElementsDrosophila melanogasterDrosophila ProteinsFemaleGene SilencingGenetic LociGerm CellsOvaryRNA, Small InterferingDNA Transposable ElementsDrosophila ProteinsRNA, Small Interfering

Identifiers

PMID23317515
PMCPMC3621807

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