Keisuke Shoji

This study identifies two functional modules in the N-terminal IDR of SGS3, showing that the NCR is critical for secondary siRNA production while the PrLD is involved in phase separation.

This study identifies the BmMasc-BmPSI complex as essential for male-type Bmdsx splicing in silkworms by binding to female-specific introns and exons.

The paper compares piRNA sequence repertoires in two silkworm cell lines and finds that repertoire changeability negatively correlates with piRNA biogenesis efficiency due to competition between adjacent ping-pong sites.

This study identifies Spn-E's dual role in facilitating heterotypic ping-pong piRNA amplification while suppressing homotypic ping-pong in silkworms.

The paper identifies a naive piRNA surveillance system that broadly monitors the germline transcriptome for newly invading elements, showing it is abundance-coupled and independent of canonical piRNA pathways.

The paper identifies torimochi as an active, expanding retrotransposon in silkworm cells that produces piRNAs and may function as a dynamic piRNA cluster.

This study investigates how AGO4 and AGO6 in Arabidopsis load 24A siRNAs, revealing distinct mechanisms and identifying the MID-PIWI domain coordination as key to 5' A specificity.