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piRNA-Guided Genome Defense: From Biogenesis to Silencing
B. Czech, Marzia Munafò, Filippo Ciabrelli, et al.
Annual Review of Genetics (2018) Vol. 52, Iss. 1, pp. 131-157
Open Access | Times Cited: 485

Showing 1-25 of 485 citing articles:

The maternal-to-zygotic transition revisited
Nadine L. Vastenhouw, Wen Xi Cao, Howard D. Lipshitz
Development (2019) Vol. 146, Iss. 11
Open Access | Times Cited: 365

Molecular mechanisms of transgenerational epigenetic inheritance
Maximilian Fitz-James, Giacomo Cavalli
Nature Reviews Genetics (2022) Vol. 23, Iss. 6, pp. 325-341
Open Access | Times Cited: 359

Aging, Melatonin, and the Pro- and Anti-Inflammatory Networks
Rüdiger Hardeland
International Journal of Molecular Sciences (2019) Vol. 20, Iss. 5, pp. 1223-1223
Open Access | Times Cited: 286

Life of RISC: Formation, action, and degradation of RNA-induced silencing complex
Hiro‐oki Iwakawa, Yukihide Tomari
Molecular Cell (2021) Vol. 82, Iss. 1, pp. 30-43
Open Access | Times Cited: 274

Role of Mammalian DNA Methyltransferases in Development
Zhiyuan Chen, Yi Zhang
Annual Review of Biochemistry (2019) Vol. 89, Iss. 1, pp. 135-158
Open Access | Times Cited: 273

Host–transposon interactions: conflict, cooperation, and cooption
Rachel Cosby, Ni‐Chen Chang, Cédric Feschotte
Genes & Development (2019) Vol. 33, Iss. 17-18, pp. 1098-1116
Open Access | Times Cited: 253

Plant microRNAs: Biogenesis, Homeostasis, and Degradation
Junli Wang, Jun Mei, Guodong Ren
Frontiers in Plant Science (2019) Vol. 10
Open Access | Times Cited: 249

The Interplay Between Viral-Derived miRNAs and Host Immunity During Infection
Richa Mishra, Ashish Kumar, Harshad Ingle, et al.
Frontiers in Immunology (2020) Vol. 10
Open Access | Times Cited: 154

Emerging roles and functional mechanisms of PIWI-interacting RNAs
Xin Wang, Anne Ramat, Martine Simonelig, et al.
Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology (2022) Vol. 24, Iss. 2, pp. 123-141
Closed Access | Times Cited: 148

Plant and animal small RNA communications between cells and organisms
Xuemei Chen, Oded Rechavi
Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology (2021) Vol. 23, Iss. 3, pp. 185-203
Open Access | Times Cited: 121

The RNA landscape of the human placenta in health and disease
Sungsam Gong, Francesca Gaccioli, Justyna Dopierala, et al.
Nature Communications (2021) Vol. 12, Iss. 1
Open Access | Times Cited: 109

Recent advances in the regulation of plant miRNA biogenesis
Mu Li, Bin Yu
RNA Biology (2021) Vol. 18, Iss. 12, pp. 2087-2096
Open Access | Times Cited: 106

The chromatin remodeler DDM1 prevents transposon mobility through deposition of histone variant H2A.W
Akihisa Osakabe, Bhagyshree Jamge, Elin Axelsson, et al.
Nature Cell Biology (2021) Vol. 23, Iss. 4, pp. 391-400
Closed Access | Times Cited: 104

The role of microRNAs in neurodegenerative diseases: a review
Shijie Li, Zhixin Lei, Taolei Sun
Cell Biology and Toxicology (2022) Vol. 39, Iss. 1, pp. 53-83
Open Access | Times Cited: 76

The Progress and Promise of RNA Medicine─An Arsenal of Targeted Treatments
Janet M. Sasso, Barbara J. B. Ambrose, Rumiana Tenchov, et al.
Journal of Medicinal Chemistry (2022) Vol. 65, Iss. 10, pp. 6975-7015
Open Access | Times Cited: 74

Small RNA modifications: regulatory molecules and potential applications
Qunli Xiong, Yaguang Zhang
Journal of Hematology & Oncology (2023) Vol. 16, Iss. 1
Open Access | Times Cited: 50

The highly conserved PIWI-interacting RNA CRAPIR antagonizes PA2G4-mediated NF110–NF45 disassembly to promote heart regeneration in mice
Wenya Ma, Hongyang Chen, Yanan Tian, et al.
Nature Cardiovascular Research (2025) Vol. 4, Iss. 1, pp. 102-118
Closed Access | Times Cited: 4

Escalation of genome defense capacity enables control of an expanding meiotic driver
Peiwei Chen, Katherine C. Pan, Eunice H. Park, et al.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2025) Vol. 122, Iss. 2
Open Access | Times Cited: 3

Importance of an N-terminal structural switch in the distinction between small RNA-bound and free ARGONAUTE
Simon Bressendorff, Ida Marie Zobbe Sjøgaard, Andreas Prestel, et al.
Nature Structural & Molecular Biology (2025)
Closed Access | Times Cited: 2

poly(UG)-tailed RNAs in genome protection and epigenetic inheritance
Aditi Shukla, Jenny Yan, Daniel J. Pagano, et al.
Nature (2020) Vol. 582, Iss. 7811, pp. 283-288
Open Access | Times Cited: 133

Non-retroviral Endogenous Viral Element Limits Cognate Virus Replication in Aedes aegypti Ovaries
Yasutsugu Suzuki, Artem Baidaliuk, Pascal Miesen, et al.
Current Biology (2020) Vol. 30, Iss. 18, pp. 3495-3506.e6
Open Access | Times Cited: 114

Double-edged sword: The evolutionary consequences of the epigenetic silencing of transposable elements
Jae Young Choi, Yuh Chwen G. Lee
PLoS Genetics (2020) Vol. 16, Iss. 7, pp. e1008872-e1008872
Open Access | Times Cited: 111

A Heterochromatin-Specific RNA Export Pathway Facilitates piRNA Production
Mostafa F. ElMaghraby, Peter Refsing Andersen, Florian Pühringer, et al.
Cell (2019) Vol. 178, Iss. 4, pp. 964-979.e20
Open Access | Times Cited: 103

The nascent RNA binding complex SFiNX licenses piRNA-guided heterochromatin formation
Júlia Batki, Jakob Schnabl, Juncheng Wang, et al.
Nature Structural & Molecular Biology (2019) Vol. 26, Iss. 8, pp. 720-731
Open Access | Times Cited: 93

Movement of small RNAs in and between plants and fungi
Mengying Wang, Ralph A. Dean
Molecular Plant Pathology (2020) Vol. 21, Iss. 4, pp. 589-601
Open Access | Times Cited: 88

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