C-terminal residues specific to Vasa among DEAD-box helicases are required for its functions in piRNA biogenesis and embryonic patterning

Essential elements for translation: the germline factor Vasa functions broadly in somatic cells

(2015) M. Yajima et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Aubergine iCLIP Reveals piRNA-Dependent Decay of mRNAs Involved in Germ Cell Development in the Early Embryo

(2015) Bridlin Barckmann et al.   Cell Reports

In vivo mapping of the functional regions of the DEAD-box helicase Vasa

(2015) M. Dehghani et al.   Biology Open

RNA Clamping by Vasa Assembles a piRNA Amplifier Complex on Transposon Transcripts

(2014) Jordi Xiol et al.   CELL

Optimized CRISPR/Cas tools for efficient germline and somatic genome engineering in Drosophila

(2014) F. Port et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

UAP56 Couples piRNA Clusters to the Perinuclear Transposon Silencing Machinery

(2012) Fan Zhang et al.   CELL

piRNA pathway and the potential processing site, the nuage, in the Drosophila germline

(2012) Jun Wei Pek et al.   DEVELOPMENT GROWTH & DIFFERENTIATION

Transport of Germ Plasm on Astral Microtubules Directs Germ Cell Development in Drosophila

(2011) Dorothy A. Lerit et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

The tudor domain protein Kumo is required to assemble the nuage and to generate germline piRNAs inDrosophila

(2011) Amit Anand et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

DEAD-box RNA helicase Belle/DDX3 and the RNA interference pathway promote mitotic chromosome segregation

(2011) J. W. Pek et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Repression of Retroelements in Drosophila Germline via piRNA Pathway by the Tudor Domain Protein Tejas

(2010) Veena S. Patil et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

A Role for Vasa in Regulating Mitotic Chromosome Condensation in Drosophila

(2010) Jun Wei Pek et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Somatic stem cells express Piwi and Vasa genes in an adult ctenophore: Ancient association of “germline genes” with stemness

(2010) Alexandre Alié et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Regulation of Drosophila Vasa In Vivo through Paralogous Cullin-RING E3 Ligase Specificity Receptors

(2010) J.-M. Kugler et al.   MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOLOGY

Maternal mRNA deadenylation and decay by the piRNA pathway in the early Drosophila embryo

(2010) Christel Rouget et al.   NATURE

Targeting and Anchoring Tudor in the Pole Plasm of the Drosophila Oocyte

(2010) Joël Anne   PLoS One

RNA helicases at work: binding and rearranging

(2010) Eckhard Jankowsky   TRENDS IN BIOCHEMICAL SCIENCES

DEAD-box proteins as RNA helicases and chaperones

(2010) Inga Jarmoskaite et al.   Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-RNA

Vasa promotes Drosophila germline stem cell differentiation by activating mei-P26 translation by directly interacting with a (U)-rich motif in its 3' UTR

(2009) N. Liu et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

Vasa protein expression is restricted to the small micromeres of the sea urchin, but is inducible in other lineages early in development

(2007) Ekaterina Voronina et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY