Cytoplasmic localization and reorganization in ascidian eggs: role of postplasmic/PEM RNAs in axis formation and fate determination

A Maternal Factor Unique to Ascidians Silences the Germline via Binding to P-TEFb and RNAP II Regulation

(2011) Gaku Kumano et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Ci-Pem-1 localizes to the nucleus and represses somatic gene transcription in the germline of Ciona intestinalis embryos

(2011) M. Shirae-Kurabayashi et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Macho-1 regulates unequal cell divisions independently of its function as a muscle determinant

(2010) Gaku Kumano et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Cortical anchorages and cell type segregations of maternal postplasmic/PEM RNAs in ascidians

(2009) Alexandre Paix et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Actin microfilaments guide the polarized transport of nuclear pore complexes and the cytoplasmic dispersal of Vasa mRNA during GVBD in the ascidian Halocynthia roretzi

(2009) François Prodon et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Ascidians and the Plasticity of the Chordate Developmental Program

(2008) Patrick Lemaire et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Less is more: specification of the germline by transcriptional repression

(2008) A. Nakamura et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Cortical and cytoplasmic flows driven by actin microfilaments polarize the cortical ER-mRNA domain along the a–v axis in ascidian oocytes

(2007) François Prodon et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY