PNLDC1 catalysis and postnatal germline function are required for piRNA trimming, LINE1 silencing, and spermatogenesis in mice

• Chao Wei,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Animal Science, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America

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• Xiaoyuan Yan,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Animal Science, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America

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• Jeffrey M. Mann,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Animal Science, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America

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• Ruirong Geng,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

  Affiliation Shanghai Key Laboratory of Maternal and Fetal Medicine, Clinical and Translational Research Center, Shanghai First Maternity and Infant Hospital, Frontier Science Center for Stem Cell Research, School of Life Sciences and Technology, Tongji University, Shanghai, China

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• Qianyi Wang,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0009-0002-4405-7888

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• Huirong Xie,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Transgenic and Genome Editing Facility, Institute for Quantitative Health Science & Engineering, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America

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• Elena Y. Demireva,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Transgenic and Genome Editing Facility, Institute for Quantitative Health Science & Engineering, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4708-5836

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• Liangliang Sun,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America

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• Deqiang Ding ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: dingdeqiang@tongji.edu.cn (DD); chen2@msu.edu (CC)

  Affiliation Shanghai Key Laboratory of Maternal and Fetal Medicine, Clinical and Translational Research Center, Shanghai First Maternity and Infant Hospital, Frontier Science Center for Stem Cell Research, School of Life Sciences and Technology, Tongji University, Shanghai, China

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7959-5654

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• Chen Chen

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: dingdeqiang@tongji.edu.cn (DD); chen2@msu.edu (CC)

  Affiliations Department of Animal Science, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America, Reproductive and Developmental Sciences Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, Michigan State University, Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9159-4489

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