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Name
ID
Piwil2
piwi-like RNA-mediated gene silencing 2
MGI:1930036

43 matching records from 43 references.

Summary by Age and Assay: Numbers in the table indicate the number of results matching the search criteria.
Age E5.5 E6.5 E7.5 E8.5 E9.5 E10.5 E11 E11.5 E12.5 E13 E13.5 E14.5 E15.5 E16 E16.5 E17.5 E18 E18.5 P
Immunohistochemistry (section) 2 2 3 10 7 2 6 10
In situ RNA (section) 1 2 1 1 3
In situ RNA (whole mount) 1 1 1
Northern blot 2
Western blot 6 1 10
RT-PCR 1 1 2 2 1 2 1 1 3 1 4 2 2 1 4 2 3 9

Summary by Gene and Reference: Number indicates the number of results matching the search criteria recorded for each reference.
* Indicates detailed expression data entries available
Piwil2  piwi-like RNA-mediated gene silencing 2   (Synonyms: mili, Miwi like)
Results  Reference
1J:141096 Aravin AA, Sachidanandam R, Bourc'his D, Schaefer C, Pezic D, Toth KF, Bestor T, Hannon GJ, A piRNA pathway primed by individual transposons is linked to de novo DNA methylation in mice. Mol Cell. 2008 Sep 26;31(6):785-99
1J:155865 Aravin AA, van der Heijden GW, Castaneda J, Vagin VV, Hannon GJ, Bortvin A, Cytoplasmic compartmentalization of the fetal piRNA pathway in mice. PLoS Genet. 2009 Dec;5(12):e1000764
1J:112036 Costa Y, Speed RM, Gautier P, Semple CA, Maratou K, Turner JM, Cooke HJ, Mouse MAELSTROM: the link between meiotic silencing of unsynapsed chromatin and microRNA pathway?. Hum Mol Genet. 2006 Aug 1;15(15):2324-34
1J:184034 De Fazio S, Bartonicek N, Di Giacomo M, Abreu-Goodger C, Sankar A, Funaya C, Antony C, Moreira PN, Enright AJ, O'Carroll D, The endonuclease activity of Mili fuels piRNA amplification that silences LINE1 elements. Nature. 2011 Dec 8;480(7376):259-63
1J:161124 Frost RJ, Hamra FK, Richardson JA, Qi X, Bassel-Duby R, Olson EN, MOV10L1 is necessary for protection of spermatocytes against retrotransposons by Piwi-interacting RNAs. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2010 Jun 29;107(26):11847-52
3J:238224 Fu Q, Pandey RR, Leu NA, Pillai RS, Wang PJ, Mutations in the MOV10L1 ATP Hydrolysis Motif Cause piRNA Biogenesis Failure and Male Sterility in Mice. Biol Reprod. 2016 Nov 1;95(5):103
1*J:91257 Gray PA, Fu H, Luo P, Zhao Q, Yu J, Ferrari A, Tenzen T, Yuk DI, Tsung EF, Cai Z, Alberta JA, Cheng LP, Liu Y, Stenman JM, Valerius MT, Billings N, Kim HA, Greenberg ME, McMahon AP, Rowitch DH, Stiles CD, Ma Q, Mouse Brain Organization Revealed Through Direct Genome-Scale TF Expression Analysis. Science. 2004 Dec 24;306(5705):2255-2257
1*J:171409 GUDMAP Consortium, GUDMAP: the GenitoUrinary Development Molecular Anatomy Project. www.gudmap.org. 2004;
2J:166677 Han DW, Tapia N, Joo JY, Greber B, Arauzo-Bravo MJ, Bernemann C, Ko K, Wu G, Stehling M, Do JT, Scholer HR, Epiblast stem cell subpopulations represent mouse embryos of distinct pregastrulation stages. Cell. 2010 Nov 12;143(4):617-27
2J:326085 Huang TC, Wang YF, Vazquez-Ferrer E, Theofel I, Requena CE, Hanna CW, Kelsey G, Hajkova P, Sex-specific chromatin remodelling safeguards transcription in germ cells. Nature. 2021 Dec;600(7890):737-742
1J:203322 Hussain S, Tuorto F, Menon S, Blanco S, Cox C, Flores JV, Watt S, Kudo NR, Lyko F, Frye M, The mouse cytosine-5 RNA methyltransferase NSun2 is a component of the chromatoid body and required for testis differentiation. Mol Cell Biol. 2013 Apr;33(8):1561-70
1J:316818 Ito T, Osada A, Ohta M, Yokota K, Nishiyama A, Niikura Y, Tamura T, Sekita Y, Kimura T, SWI/SNF chromatin remodeling complex is required for initiation of sex-dependent differentiation in mouse germline. Sci Rep. 2021 Dec 15;11(1):24074
4J:312495 Kojima-Kita K, Kuramochi-Miyagawa S, Nakayama M, Miyata H, Jacobsen SE, Ikawa M, Koseki H, Nakano T, MORC3, a novel MIWI2 association partner, as an epigenetic regulator of piRNA dependent transposon silencing in male germ cells. Sci Rep. 2021 Oct 14;11(1):20472
3J:87735 Kuramochi-Miyagawa S, Kimura T, Ijiri TW, Isobe T, Asada N, Fujita Y, Ikawa M, Iwai N, Okabe M, Deng W, Lin H, Matsuda Y, Nakano T, Mili, a mammalian member of piwi family gene, is essential for spermatogenesis. Development. 2004 Feb;131(4):839-49
16*J:71909 Kuramochi-Miyagawa S, Kimura T, Yomogida K, Kuroiwa A, Tadokoro Y, Fujita Y, Sato M, Matsuda Y, Nakano T, Two mouse piwi-related genes: miwi and mili. Mech Dev. 2001 Oct;108(1-2):121-33
2*J:159518 Kuramochi-Miyagawa S, Watanabe T, Gotoh K, Takamatsu K, Chuma S, Kojima-Kita K, Shiromoto Y, Asada N, Toyoda A, Fujiyama A, Totoki Y, Shibata T, Kimura T, Nakatsuji N, Noce T, Sasaki H, Nakano T, MVH in piRNA processing and gene silencing of retrotransposons. Genes Dev. 2010 May;24(9):887-92
1*J:133343 Kuramochi-Miyagawa S, Watanabe T, Gotoh K, Totoki Y, Toyoda A, Ikawa M, Asada N, Kojima K, Yamaguchi Y, Ijiri TW, Hata K, Li E, Matsuda Y, Kimura T, Okabe M, Sakaki Y, Sasaki H, Nakano T, DNA methylation of retrotransposon genes is regulated by Piwi family members MILI and MIWI2 in murine fetal testes. Genes Dev. 2008 Apr 1;22(7):908-17
1J:213579 Liao HF, Chen WS, Chen YH, Kao TH, Tseng YT, Lee CY, Chiu YC, Lee PL, Lin QJ, Ching YH, Hata K, Cheng WT, Tsai MH, Sasaki H, Ho HN, Wu SC, Huang YH, Yen P, Lin SP, DNMT3L promotes quiescence in postnatal spermatogonial progenitor cells. Development. 2014 Jun;141(12):2402-13
1J:326056 Lowe MG, Yen MR, Hsu FM, Hosohama L, Hu Z, Chitiashvili T, Hunt TJ, Gorgy I, Bernard M, Wamaitha SE, Chen PY, Clark AT, EED is required for mouse primordial germ cell differentiation in the embryonic gonad. Dev Cell. 2022 Jun 20;57(12):1482-1495.e5
4*J:103446 McKee AE, Minet E, Stern C, Riahi S, Stiles CD, Silver PA, A genome-wide in situ hybridization map of RNA-binding proteins reveals anatomically restricted expression in the developing mouse brain. BMC Dev Biol. 2005 Jul 20;5:14
2J:184928 Miles DC, van den Bergen JA, Wakeling SI, Anderson RB, Sinclair AH, Western PS, The proto-oncogene Ret is required for male foetal germ cell survival. Dev Biol. 2012 May 1;365(1):101-9
2J:202012 Pandey RR, Tokuzawa Y, Yang Z, Hayashi E, Ichisaka T, Kajita S, Asano Y, Kunieda T, Sachidanandam R, Chuma S, Yamanaka S, Pillai RS, Tudor domain containing 12 (TDRD12) is essential for secondary PIWI interacting RNA biogenesis in mice. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2013 Oct 8;110(41):16492-7
3J:332101 Ramakrishna NB, Battistoni G, Surani MA, Hannon GJ, Miska EA, Mouse primordial germ-cell-like cells lack piRNAs. Dev Cell. 2022 Dec 5;57(23):2661-2668.e5
2J:194978 Reichmann J, Reddington JP, Best D, Read D, Ollinger R, Meehan RR, Adams IR, The genome-defence gene Tex19.1 suppresses LINE-1 retrotransposons in the placenta and prevents intra-uterine growth retardation in mice. Hum Mol Genet. 2013 May 1;22(9):1791-806
1J:158290 Rybak A, Fuchs H, Hadian K, Smirnova L, Wulczyn EA, Michel G, Nitsch R, Krappmann D, Wulczyn FG, The let-7 target gene mouse lin-41 is a stem cell specific E3 ubiquitin ligase for the miRNA pathway protein Ago2. Nat Cell Biol. 2009 Dec;11(12):1411-20
1J:197673 Saxe JP, Chen M, Zhao H, Lin H, Tdrkh is essential for spermatogenesis and participates in primary piRNA biogenesis in the germline. EMBO J. 2013 Jul 3;32(13):1869-85
8*J:277128 Shiromoto Y, Kuramochi-Miyagawa S, Nagamori I, Chuma S, Arakawa T, Nishimura T, Hasuwa H, Tachibana T, Ikawa M, Nakano T, GPAT2 is required for piRNA biogenesis, transposon silencing, and maintenance of spermatogonia in mice. Biol Reprod. 2019 Jul 1;101(1):248-256
4J:156018 Shoji M, Tanaka T, Hosokawa M, Reuter M, Stark A, Kato Y, Kondoh G, Okawa K, Chujo T, Suzuki T, Hata K, Martin SL, Noce T, Kuramochi-Miyagawa S, Nakano T, Sasaki H, Pillai RS, Nakatsuji N, Chuma S, The TDRD9-MIWI2 complex is essential for piRNA-mediated retrotransposon silencing in the mouse male germline. Dev Cell. 2009 Dec;17(6):775-87
3J:306454 Tan K, Kim ME, Song HW, Skarbrevik D, Babajanian E, Bedrosian TA, Gage FH, Wilkinson MF, The Rhox gene cluster suppresses germline LINE1 transposition. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2021 Jun 8;118(23):e2024785118
3J:283781 Tharp ME, Malki S, Bortvin A, Maximizing the ovarian reserve in mice by evading LINE-1 genotoxicity. Nat Commun. 2020 Jan 16;11(1):330
7*J:147897 Unhavaithaya Y, Hao Y, Beyret E, Yin H, Kuramochi-Miyagawa S, Nakano T, Lin H, MILI, a PIWI-interacting RNA-binding protein, is required for germ line stem cell self-renewal and appears to positively regulate translation. J Biol Chem. 2009 Mar 6;284(10):6507-19
2J:151086 Vagin VV, Wohlschlegel J, Qu J, Jonsson Z, Huang X, Chuma S, Girard A, Sachidanandam R, Hannon GJ, Aravin AA, Proteomic analysis of murine Piwi proteins reveals a role for arginine methylation in specifying interaction with Tudor family members. Genes Dev. 2009 Aug 1;23(15):1749-62
1*J:148942 Vasileva A, Tiedau D, Firooznia A, Muller-Reichert T, Jessberger R, Tdrd6 is required for spermiogenesis, chromatoid body architecture, and regulation of miRNA expression. Curr Biol. 2009 Apr 28;19(8):630-9
3J:221349 Vourekas A, Zheng K, Fu Q, Maragkakis M, Alexiou P, Ma J, Pillai RS, Mourelatos Z, Wang PJ, The RNA helicase MOV10L1 binds piRNA precursors to initiate piRNA processing. Genes Dev. 2015 Mar 15;29(6):617-29
1J:169934 Watanabe T, Chuma S, Yamamoto Y, Kuramochi-Miyagawa S, Totoki Y, Toyoda A, Hoki Y, Fujiyama A, Shibata T, Sado T, Noce T, Nakano T, Nakatsuji N, Lin H, Sasaki H, MITOPLD Is a Mitochondrial Protein Essential for Nuage Formation and piRNA Biogenesis in the Mouse Germline. Dev Cell. 2011 Mar 15;20(3):364-75
1J:243488 Wenda JM, Homolka D, Yang Z, Spinelli P, Sachidanandam R, Pandey RR, Pillai RS, Distinct Roles of RNA Helicases MVH and TDRD9 in PIWI Slicing-Triggered Mammalian piRNA Biogenesis and Function. Dev Cell. 2017 Jun 19;41(6):623-637.e9
3J:174956 Western PS, Ralli RA, Wakeling SI, Lo C, van den Bergen JA, Miles DC, Sinclair AH, Mitotic arrest in teratoma susceptible fetal male germ cells. PLoS One. 2011;6(6):e20736
2*J:188133 Xiol J, Cora E, Koglgruber R, Chuma S, Subramanian S, Hosokawa M, Reuter M, Yang Z, Berninger P, Palencia A, Benes V, Penninger J, Sachidanandam R, Pillai RS, A Role for Fkbp6 and the Chaperone Machinery in piRNA Amplification and Transposon Silencing. Mol Cell. 2012 Sep 28;47(6):970-9
10J:170319 Yabuta Y, Ohta H, Abe T, Kurimoto K, Chuma S, Saitou M, TDRD5 is required for retrotransposon silencing, chromatoid body assembly, and spermiogenesis in mice. J Cell Biol. 2011 Mar 7;192(5):781-95
1*J:288732 Yang F, Lan Y, Pandey RR, Homolka D, Berger SL, Pillai RS, Bartolomei MS, Wang PJ, TEX15 associates with MILI and silences transposable elements in male germ cells. Genes Dev. 2020 Jun 1;34(11-12):745-750
3*J:229314 Yang Z, Chen KM, Pandey RR, Homolka D, Reuter M, Janeiro BK, Sachidanandam R, Fauvarque MO, McCarthy AA, Pillai RS, PIWI Slicing and EXD1 Drive Biogenesis of Nuclear piRNAs from Cytosolic Targets of the Mouse piRNA Pathway. Mol Cell. 2016 Jan 7;61(1):138-52
1J:154374 Yoshimura T, Toyoda S, Kuramochi-Miyagawa S, Miyazaki T, Miyazaki S, Tashiro F, Yamato E, Nakano T, Miyazaki J, Gtsf1/Cue110, a gene encoding a protein with two copies of a CHHC Zn-finger motif, is involved in spermatogenesis and retrotransposon suppression in murine testes. Dev Biol. 2009 Nov 1;335(1):216-27
2J:261014 Yoshimura T, Watanabe T, Kuramochi-Miyagawa S, Takemoto N, Shiromoto Y, Kudo A, Kanai-Azuma M, Tashiro F, Miyazaki S, Katanaya A, Chuma S, Miyazaki JI, Mouse GTSF1 is an essential factor for secondary piRNA biogenesis. EMBO Rep. 2018 Apr;19(4)

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