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.
  • P. Komarov, O. Sokolova, N. Akulenko, E. Brasset, S. Jensen and A. Kalmykova, “Epigenetic Requirements for Triggering Heterochromatinization and Piwi-Interacting RNA Production from Transgenes in the Drosophila Germline.”, Cells, vol. 9 (4) , 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.
• 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.
• 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
  • 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.
• 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
• 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.
• 2007
  • X. Dramard, T. Heidmann and S. Jensen, “Natural epigenetic protection against the I-factor, a Drosophila LINE retrotransposon, by remnants of ancestral invasions.”, PLoS ONE, vol. 2 (3) , pp. e304, 2007.
• 2002
  • S. Jensen, M. Gassama, X. Dramard and T. Heidmann, “Regulation of I-transposon activity in Drosophila: evidence for cosuppression of nonhomologous transgenes and possible role of ancestral I-related pericentromeric elements.”, Genetics, vol. 162 (3) , pp. 1197–209, 2002.
• 1999
  • S. Jensen, M. Gassama and T. Heidmann, “Cosuppression of I transposon activity in Drosophila by I-containing sense and antisense transgenes.”, Genetics, vol. 153 (4) , pp. 1767–74, 1999.
  • S. Jensen, M. Gassama and T. Heidmann, “Taming of transposable elements by homology-dependent gene silencing.”, Nat. Genet., vol. 21 (2) , pp. 209–12, 1999.
• 1997
  • L. Cavarec, S. Jensen, J. Casella, S. Cristescu and T. Heidmann, “Molecular cloning and characterization of a transcription factor for the copia retrotransposon with homology to the BTB-containing lola neurogenic factor.”, Molecular and cellular biology, vol. 17 (1) , pp. 482–94, 1997.
• 1995
  • S. Jensen, L. Cavarec, M. Gassama and T. Heidmann, “Defective I elements introduced into Drosophila as transgenes can regulate reactivity and prevent I-R hybrid dysgenesis.”, Molecular & general genetics : MGG, vol. 248 (4) , pp. 381–90, 1995.
• 1994
  • L. Cavarec, S. Jensen and T. Heidmann, “Identification of a strong transcriptional activator for the copia retrotransposon responsible for its differential expression in Drosophila hydei and melanogaster cell lines.”, Biochemical and biophysical research communications, vol. 203 (1) , pp. 392–9, 1994.
  • S. Jensen, M. Gassama and T. Heidmann, “Retrotransposition of the Drosophila LINE I element can induce deletion in the target DNA: a simple model also accounting for the variability of the normally observed target site duplications.”, Biochemical and biophysical research communications, vol. 202 (1) , pp. 111–9, 1994.
  • S. Jensen, L. Cavarec, O. Dhellin and T. Heidmann, “Retrotransposition of a marked Drosophila line-like I element in cells in culture.”, Nucleic Acids Res., vol. 22 (8) , pp. 1484–8, 1994.
• 1991
  • S. Jensen and T. Heidmann, “An indicator gene for detection of germline retrotransposition in transgenic Drosophila demonstrates RNA-mediated transposition of the LINE I element.”, EMBO J., vol. 10 (7) , pp. 1927–37, 1991.