Prince Piwi lives in the sad country of Klynk where all the small inhabitants - piverts - are always grunting and feeling discontended. They live from selling their tears. Piwi, however, decides to ...

PIWI-interacting RNAs (piRNAs) are a distinct class of small non-coding RNAs that protect the integrity of the genome by silencing transposable elements in both germline and gonadal somatic cells.

The discovery of millions of PIWI-interacting RNAs revealed a fascinating and unanticipated dimension of biology. The PIWI–piRNA pathway has been commonly perceived as germline-specific, even though ...

Piwi, a brown kiwi who lived near a volcano, had a rough couple of months back in 2010, but people are still rejoicing in his recovery. In December 2009, the North Island brown kiwi was found near Mt.

PIWI proteins and piRNAs regulate the expression of genes and transposons at both transcriptional and post-transcriptional levels. (1) Sense and antisense piRNA precursor transcripts are produced from ...