Yukihide Tomari

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• The dual role of Spn-E in supporting heterotypic ping-pong piRNA amplification in silkworms
• A potential role of inefficient and non-specific piRNA production from the whole transcriptome cells
• Non-gonadal somatic piRNA pathways ensure sexual differentiation, larval growth, and wing development in silkworms
• The piRNA cluster torimochi is an expanding transposon in cultured silkworm cells
• The mechanisms of siRNA selection by plant Argonaute proteins triggering DNA methylation
• The two Gtsf paralogs in silkworms orthogonally activate their partner PIWI proteins for target cleavage
• Cell-free reconstitution reveals the molecular mechanisms for the initiation of secondary siRNA biogenesis in plants
• Dynamic subcellular compartmentalization ensures fidelity of piRNA biogenesis in silkworms
• Zucchini consensus motifs determine the mechanism of pre-piRNA production
• VCP Machinery Mediates Autophagic Degradation of Empty Argonaute
• Iruka Eliminates Dysfunctional Argonaute by Selective Ubiquitination of Its Empty State
• Transcriptome profiling reveals infection strategy of an insect maculavirus
• Identification and Functional Analysis of the Pre-piRNA 3' Trimmer in Silkworms
• The comprehensive epigenome map of piRNA clusters