Gainetdinov Lab at NYU Biology
Publications
Cleavage of mRNAs by a minority of pachytene piRNAs improves sperm fitness
Cecchini K, Zamani M, Ajaykumar N, Vega-Badillo J, Bagci A, Bailey S, Zamore PD, Gainetdinov I
Nature. 2026; in press
Absolute Quantification of Mammalian MicroRNAs for Therapeutic RNA Cleavage and Detargeting
Kraus C, Wang J, Zheng H, Broderick J, Ajaykumar N, Zamani M, Mengqi Y, Cecchini K, Liang SQ, Kolumba O, Chase K, Lee J, Xue W, Sontheimer E, Gainetdinov I
RNA. 2025; doi: 10.1261/rna.080566.125
Relaxed targeting rules help PIWI proteins silence transposons
Gainetdinov I, Vega-Badillo J, Cecchini K, Bagci A, Colpan C, De D, Bailey S, Arif A, Wu PH, MacRae IJ, Zamore PD
Nature. 2023; 619: 394–402
Venkei ZG*, Gainetdinov I*, Bagci A, Starostik MR, Choi CP, Fingerhut JM, Chen P, Balsara C, Whitfield TW, Bell GW, Feng S, Jacobsen SE, Aravin AA, Kim JK, Zamore PD, Yamashita YM. *co-first authors
Nat Cell Biol. 2023; 25:1495–1505
Terminal modification, sequence, length, and PIWI-protein identity determine piRNA stability
Gainetdinov I, Colpan C, Cecchini K, Arif A, Jouravleva K, Albosta P, Vega-Badillo J, Lee Y, Özata DM, Zamore PD
Mol Cell. 2021; 81: 4826–4842
Gainetdinov I*, Colpan C*, Arif A, Cecchini K, Zamore PD. *co-first authors
Mol Cell. 2018; 71: 775-790