Evidence map›Paper›PMID 26472911›Full record

ArticleScience (New York, N.Y.)2015

Panoramix enforces piRNA-dependent cotranscriptional silencing.

Yang Yu, Jiaqi Gu, Ying Jin, Yicheng Luo, Jonathan B Preall, Jinbiao Ma, Benjamin Czech, Gregory J Hannon

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Article in Science (New York, N.Y.), 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 122 papers.

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122citing papers in PubMed
30.5field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

122 citing papers in PubMed, 197 citations in OpenAlex.

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  19. Genome sequencing of3 Biotech · 2024
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  20. piRNA associates with immune diseases.Cell communication and signaling : CCS · 2024
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62 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Yang YuWatson School of Biological Sciences, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724, USA. Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, MD 20815, USA.
Jiaqi GuWatson School of Biological Sciences, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724, USA. Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, MD 20815, USA. State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Center of Genetics and Development, Department of Biochemistry, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Ying JinWatson School of Biological Sciences, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724, USA.
Yicheng LuoWatson School of Biological Sciences, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724, USA. Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, MD 20815, USA.
Jonathan B PreallWatson School of Biological Sciences, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724, USA. Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, MD 20815, USA.
Jinbiao MaState Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Center of Genetics and Development, Department of Biochemistry, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Benjamin CzechWatson School of Biological Sciences, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724, USA. Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, MD 20815, USA. Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute, Li Ka Shing Centre, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
Gregory J HannonWatson School of Biological Sciences, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724, USA. Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, MD 20815, USA. Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute, Li Ka Shing Centre, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK. The New York Genome Center, 101 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10013, USA. greg.hannon@cruk.cam.ac.uk.
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory · USHoward Hughes Medical Institute · USCancer Research UK Cambridge Center · GBFudan University · CNState Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering

Funding

Roles of small RNAs in guarding germ cell genomesR37GM062534 · NIGMS · NEW YORK GENOME CENTER · PI HANNON, GREGORY J · 2013 to 2017
$2.0M
Cancer Research UK 21143Howard Hughes Medical InstituteNIGMS NIH HHS 5R37GM062534-15NIGMS NIH HHS R37 GM062534
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Piwi-interacting RNA (piRNA) pathway is a small RNA-based innate immune system that defends germ cell genomes against transposons. In Drosophila ovaries, the nuclear Piwi protein is required for transcriptional silencing of transposons, though the precise mechanisms by which this occurs are unknown. Here we show that the CG9754 protein is a component of Piwi complexes that functions downstream of Piwi and its binding partner, Asterix, in transcriptional silencing. Enforced tethering of CG9754 to nascent messenger RNA transcripts causes cotranscriptional silencing of the source locus and the deposition of repressive chromatin marks. We have named CG9754 "Panoramix," and we propose that this protein could act as an adaptor, scaffolding interactions between the piRNA pathway and the general silencing machinery that it recruits to enforce transcriptional repression.

Indexed as

Gene SilencingAnimalsArgonaute ProteinsDNA Transposable ElementsDrosophila melanogasterDrosophila ProteinsGene Knockdown TechniquesNuclear ProteinsRNA-Binding ProteinsRNA, MessengerRNA, Small InterferingTranscription, GeneticArgonaute Proteinsarx protein, DrosophilaDNA Transposable ElementsDrosophila ProteinsNuclear Proteinspanx protein, Drosophilapiwi protein, DrosophilaRNA-Binding ProteinsRNA, MessengerRNA, Small Interfering

Identifiers

PMID26472911
PMCPMC4722808
OpenAlexW2273847944

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