Publications

• 2020
  • S. Jensen, E. Brasset, E. Parey, H. Roest Crollius, I. Sharakhov and C. Vaury, “Conserved Small Nucleotidic Elements at the Origin of Concerted piRNA Biogenesis from Genes and lncRNAs.”, Cells, vol. 9 (6) , 2020.
  • S. Maupetit-Mehouas and C. Vaury, “Transposon Reactivation in the Germline May Be Useful for Both Transposons and Their Host Genomes.”, Cells, vol. 9 (5) , 2020.
• 2019
  • C. Duc, M. Yoth, S. Jensen, N. Mouniee, C. Bergman, C. Vaury and E. Brasset, “Trapping a somatic endogenous retrovirus into a germline piRNA cluster immunizes the germline against further invasion.”, Genome biology, vol. 20 (1) , pp. 127, 2019.
  • K. Casier, V. Delmarre, N. Gueguen, C. Hermant, E. Viode, C. Vaury, S. Ronsseray, E. Brasset, L. Teysset and A. Boivin, “Environmentally-induced epigenetic conversion of a piRNA cluster.”, eLife, vol. 8 , 2019.
  • C. Dennis, E. Brasset and C. Vaury, “flam piRNA precursors channel from the nucleus to the cytoplasm in a temporally regulated manner along Drosophila oogenesis.”, Mob. DNA, vol. 10 , pp. 28, 2019.
• 2018
  • E. Theron, S. Maupetit-Mehouas, P. Pouchin, L. Baudet, E. Brasset and C. Vaury, “The interplay between the Argonaute proteins Piwi and Aub within Drosophila germarium is critical for oogenesis, piRNA biogenesis and TE silencing.”, Nucleic Acids Res., 2018.
  • N. Akulenko, S. Ryazansky, V. Morgunova, P. Komarov, I. Olovnikov, C. Vaury, S. Jensen and A. Kalmykova, “Transcriptional and chromatin changes accompanying de novo formation of transgenic piRNA clusters.”, RNA, 2018.
  • R. Pogorelcnik, C. Vaury, P. Pouchin, S. Jensen and E. Brasset, “sRNAPipe: a Galaxy-based pipeline for bioinformatic in-depth exploration of small RNAseq data.”, Mob. DNA, vol. 9 , pp. 25, 2018.
• 2017
  • A. Sarkar, J. Volff and C. Vaury, “piRNAs and their diverse roles: a transposable element-driven tactic for gene regulation?”, FASEB J., vol. 31 (2) , pp. 436–446, 2017.
• 2016
  • C. Dennis, E. Brasset, A. Sarkar and C. Vaury, “Export of piRNA precursors by EJC triggers assembly of cytoplasmic Yb-body in Drosophila.”, Nature communications, vol. 7 , pp. 13739, 2016.
• 2015
  • D. Homolka, R. Pandey, C. Goriaux, E. Brasset, C. Vaury, R. Sachidanandam, M. Fauvarque and R. Pillai, “PIWI Slicing and RNA Elements in Precursors Instruct Directional Primary piRNA Biogenesis.”, Cell Rep, 2015.
  • P. George, S. Jensen, R. Pogorelcnik, J. Lee, Y. Xing, E. Brasset, C. Vaury and I. Sharakhov, “Increased production of piRNAs from euchromatic clusters and genes in Anopheles gambiae compared with Drosophila melanogaster.”, Epigenetics & chromatin, vol. 8 , pp. 50, 2015.
• 2014
  • C. Goriaux, E. Theron, E. Brasset and C. Vaury, “History of the discovery of a master locus producing piRNAs: the flamenco/COM locus in Drosophila melanogaster”, Front Genet, vol. 5 (257) , 2014.
  • R. Mteirek, N. Gueguen, S. Jensen, E. Brasset and C. Vaury, “Drosophila heterochromatin: structure and function.”, Current opinion in insect science, vol. 1 , pp. 19–24, 2014.
  • C. Goriaux, S. Desset, Y. Renaud, C. Vaury and E. Brasset, “Transcriptional properties and splicing of the flamenco piRNA cluster.”, EMBO Rep., vol. 15 (4) , pp. 411–8, 2014.
  • N. Parisot, A. Pelin, C. Gasc, V. Polonais, A. Belkorchia, J. Panek, H. El Alaoui, D. Biron, E. Brasset, C. Vaury, P. Peyret, N. Corradi, E. Peyretaillade and E. Lerat, “Microsporidian Genomes Harbor a Diverse Array of Transposable Elements that Demonstrate an Ancestry of Horizontal Exchange with Metazoans.”, Genome Biol Evol, vol. 6 (9) , pp. 2289–300, 2014.
  • E. Theron, C. Dennis, E. Brasset and C. Vaury, “Distinct features of the piRNA pathway in somatic and germ cells: from piRNA cluster transcription to piRNA processing and amplification.”, Mob. DNA, vol. 5 (1) , pp. 28, 2014.
  • J. Dufourt and C. Vaury, “During a short window of Drosophila oogenesis, piRNA biogenesis may be boosted and mobilization of transposable elements allowed.”, Front Genet, vol. 5 , pp. 385, 2014.
• 2013
  • P. George, S. Jensen, C. Vaury and I. Sharakhov, “Organization and evolution of piRNA clusters in Anopheles gambiae”, Pathog Glob Health, vol. 107 (8) , pp. 428, 2013.
  • V. Zanni, A. Eymery, M. Coiffet, M. Zytnicki, I. Luyten, H. Quesneville, C. Vaury and S. Jensen, “Distribution, evolution, and diversity of retrotransposons at the flamenco locus reflect the regulatory properties of piRNA clusters.”, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., vol. 110 (49) , pp. 19842–7, 2013.
  • J. Dufourt, C. Dennis, A. Boivin, N. Gueguen, E. Theron, C. Goriaux, P. Pouchin, S. Ronsseray, E. Brasset and C. Vaury, “Spatio-temporal requirements for transposable element piRNA-mediated silencing during Drosophila oogenesis.”, Nucleic Acids Res., vol. 42 (4) , pp. 2512–24, 2013.
  • I. Olovnikov, S. Ryazansky, S. Shpiz, S. Lavrov, Y. Abramov, C. Vaury, S. Jensen and A. Kalmykova, “De novo piRNA cluster formation in the Drosophila germ line triggered by transgenes containing a transcribed transposon fragment.”, Nucleic Acids Res., vol. 41 (11) , pp. 5757–68, 2013.
  • J. Dufourt, P. Pouchin, P. Peyret, E. Brasset and C. Vaury, “NucBase, an easy to use read mapper for small RNAs.”, Mob. DNA, vol. 4 (1) , pp. 1, 2013.
  • C. Dennis, V. Zanni, E. Brasset, A. Eymery, L. Zhang, R. Mteirek, S. Jensen, Y. Rong and C. Vaury, “"Dot COM", a nuclear transit center for the primary piRNA pathway in Drosophila.”, PLoS ONE, vol. 8 (9) , pp. e72752, 2013.
• 2012
  • A. Ainouche, M. Betermier, M. Chandler, R. Cordaux, G. Cristofari, J. Deragon, P. Lesage, O. Panaud, H. Quesneville, C. Vaury, C. Vieira and C. Vitte, “International Congress on Transposable Elements (ICTE) 2012 in Saint Malo and the sea of TE stories.”, Mob. DNA, vol. 3 (1) , pp. 17, 2012.
• 2011
  • J. Dufourt, E. Brasset, S. Desset, P. Pouchin and C. Vaury, “Polycomb group-dependent, heterochromatin protein 1-independent, chromatin structures silence retrotransposons in somatic tissues outside ovaries.”, DNA Res., vol. 18 (6) , pp. 451–61, 2011.
• 2009
  • E. Brasset, C. Hermant, S. Jensen and C. Vaury, “The Idefix enhancer-blocking insulator also harbors barrier activity.”, Gene, vol. 450 (1-2) , pp. 25–31, 2009.
  • M. Fablet, E. Lerat, R. Rebollo, B. Horard, N. Burlet, S. Martinez, E. Brasset, E. Gilson, C. Vaury and C. Vieira, “Genomic environment influences the dynamics of the tirant LTR retrotransposon in Drosophila.”, FASEB J., vol. 23 (5) , pp. 1482–9, 2009.
• 2008
  • S. Desset, N. Buchon, C. Meignin, M. Coiffet and C. Vaury, “In Drosophila melanogaster the COM locus directs the somatic silencing of two retrotransposons through both Piwi-dependent and -independent pathways.”, PLoS ONE, vol. 3 (2) , pp. e1526, 2008.
  • B. Faye, F. Arnaud, E. Peyretaillade, E. Brasset, B. Dastugue and C. Vaury, “Functional characteristics of a highly specific integrase encoded by an LTR-retrotransposon.”, PLoS ONE, vol. 3 (9) , pp. e3185, 2008.
• 2007
  • E. Brasset, F. Bantignies, F. Court, S. Cheresiz, C. Conte and C. Vaury, “Idefix insulator activity can be modulated by nearby regulatory elements.”, Nucleic Acids Res., vol. 35 (8) , pp. 2661–70, 2007.
• 2006
  • N. Buchon and C. Vaury, “RNAi: a defensive RNA-silencing against viruses and transposable elements.”, Heredity, vol. 96 (2) , pp. 195–202, 2006.
  • C. Vache, O. Camares, F. De Graeve, B. Dastugue, A. Meiniel, C. Vaury, S. Pellier, E. Leoz-Garziandia and M. Bamdad, “Drosophila melanogaster p-glycoprotein: a membrane detoxification system toward polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon pollutants.”, Environmental toxicology and chemistry / SETAC, vol. 25 (2) , pp. 572–80, 2006.
  • E. Brasset, A. Taddei, F. Arnaud, B. Faye, A. Fausto, M. Mazzini, F. Giorgi and C. Vaury, “Viral particles of the endogenous retrovirus ZAM from Drosophila melanogaster use a pre-existing endosome/exosome pathway for transfer to the oocyte.”, Retrovirology, vol. 3 , pp. 25, 2006.
• 2005
  • E. Brasset and C. Vaury, “Insulators are fundamental components of the eukaryotic genomes.”, Heredity, vol. 94 (6) , pp. 571–6, 2005.
  • F. Arnaud, E. Peyretaillade, B. Dastugue and C. Vaury, “Functional characteristics of a reverse transcriptase encoded by an endogenous retrovirus from Drosophila melanogaster.”, Insect biochemistry and molecular biology, vol. 35 (4) , pp. 323–31, 2005.
  • S. Desset and C. Vaury, “Transcriptional interference mediated by retrotransposons within the genome of their host: lessons from alleles of the white gene from Drosophila melanogaster.”, Cytogenetic and genome research, vol. 110 (1-4) , pp. 209–14, 2005.
• 2004
  • B. Favery, L. Chelysheva, M. Lebris, F. Jammes, A. Marmagne, J. De Almeida-Engler, P. Lecomte, C. Vaury, R. Arkowitz and P. Abad, “Arabidopsis formin AtFH6 is a plasma membrane-associated protein upregulated in giant cells induced by parasitic nematodes.”, Plant Cell, vol. 16 (9) , pp. 2529–40, 2004.
  • C. Meignin, B. Dastugue and C. Vaury, “Intercellular communication between germ line and somatic line is utilized to control the transcription of ZAM, an endogenous retrovirus from Drosophila melanogaster.”, Nucleic Acids Res., vol. 32 (13) , pp. 3799–806, 2004.
• 2003
  • C. Meignin, J. Bailly, F. Arnaud, B. Dastugue and C. Vaury, “The 5' untranslated region and Gag product of Idefix, a long terminal repeat-retrotransposon from Drosophila melanogaster, act together to initiate a switch between translated and untranslated states of the genomic mRNA.”, Molecular and cellular biology, vol. 23 (22) , pp. 8246–54, 2003.
  • S. Desset, C. Meignin, B. Dastugue and C. Vaury, “COM, a heterochromatic locus governing the control of independent endogenous retroviruses from Drosophila melanogaster.”, Genetics, vol. 164 (2) , pp. 501–9, 2003.
• 2002
  • C. Conte, B. Dastugue and C. Vaury, “Promoter competition as a mechanism of transcriptional interference mediated by retrotransposons.”, EMBO J., vol. 21 (14) , pp. 3908–16, 2002.
  • S. Tcheressiz, V. Calco, F. Arnaud, L. Arthaud, B. Dastugue and C. Vaury, “Expression of the Idefix retrotransposon in early follicle cells in the germarium of Drosophila melanogaster is determined by its LTR sequences and a specific genomic context.”, Molecular genetics and genomics : MGG, vol. 267 (2) , pp. 133–41, 2002.
  • C. Conte, B. Dastugue and C. Vaury, “Coupling of enhancer and insulator properties identified in two retrotransposons modulates their mutagenic impact on nearby genes.”, Molecular and cellular biology, vol. 22 (6) , pp. 1767–77, 2002.
• 2000
  • P. Leblanc, S. Desset, F. Giorgi, A. Taddei, A. Fausto, M. Mazzini, B. Dastugue and C. Vaury, “Life cycle of an endogenous retrovirus, ZAM, in Drosophila melanogaster.”, Journal of virology, vol. 74 (22) , pp. 10658–69, 2000.
  • C. Conte, V. Calco, S. Desset, P. Leblanc, B. Dastugue and C. Vaury, “Impact of multiple insertions of two retroelements, ZAM and Idefix at an euchromatic locus.”, Genetica, vol. 109 (1-2) , pp. 53–9, 2000.