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ArticleMethods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.)2026

Tethered Function Assay for Analyzing PIWI-piRNA-Mediated Co-transcriptional Silencing.

Kensaku Murano, Yuka W Iwasaki

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Article in Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Kensaku MuranoDepartment of Molecular Biology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. kmurano@keio.jp.
Yuka W IwasakiLaboratory for Functional Non-coding Genomics, RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, Yokohama, Japan. yiwasaki@riken.jp.

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Abstract

PIWI-interacting RNAs (piRNAs) form complexes with a series of PIWI proteins to silence their target transposons. In the nucleus, piRNAs associated with Drosophila Piwi protein induce co-transcriptional silencing. To understand this regulation, reporter-based forced tethering of Piwi-associated proteins has been utilized as a powerful tool. Here, we describe the use of luciferase reporter assays combined with forced tethering of Piwi-interacting proteins for investigation of the molecular mechanism of Piwi-directed co-transcriptional silencing in Drosophila. Here, ovarian somatic cells (OSCs) are used as an example for the construction of this reporter system, but this methodology can also be applied to in vivo analysis using Drosophila ovaries.

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Argonaute ProteinsDrosophila ProteinsGene SilencingRNA InterferenceRNA, Small InterferingAnimalsDrosophilaDrosophila melanogasterFemaleGenes, ReporterOvaryPiwi-Interacting RNAArgonaute ProteinsDrosophila ProteinsPiwi-Interacting RNApiwi protein, DrosophilaRNA, Small InterferingCo-transcriptional silencingDrosophilaOvarian somatic cellPIWI-piRNAReporter assay

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