The multiple hats of Vasa: Its functions in the germline and in cell cycle progression

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

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

The DEAD-box RNA helicase Vasa functions in embryonic mitotic progression in the sea urchin

(2011) M. Yajima et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Non-coding RNAs enter mitosis: functions, conservation and implications

(2011) Jun Pek et al.   Cell Division

The Pioneer Round of Translation: Features and Functions

(2010) Lynne E. Maquat et al.   CELL

A Role for Vasa in Regulating Mitotic Chromosome Condensation in Drosophila

(2010) Jun Wei Pek et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Small micromeres contribute to the germline in the sea urchin

(2010) M. Yajima et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Stem cell system in asexual and sexual reproduction of Enchytraeus japonensis (Oligochaeta, Annelida)

(2010) Chikako Yoshida-Noro et al.   DEVELOPMENT GROWTH & DIFFERENTIATION

Post-translational regulation by gustavus contributes to selective Vasa protein accumulation in multipotent cells during embryogenesis

(2010) Eric A. Gustafson et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

MVH in piRNA processing and gene silencing of retrotransposons

(2010) S. Kuramochi-Miyagawa et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

Versatile Germline Genes

(2010) C. Juliano et al.   SCIENCE

Cytoplasmic Partitioning of P Granule Components Is Not Required to Specify the Germline in C. elegans

(2010) C. M. Gallo et al.   SCIENCE

Ectopic Expression of Germline Genes Drives Malignant Brain Tumor Growth in Drosophila

(2010) A. Janic et al.   SCIENCE

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

Vasa and the germ line lineage in a colonial urochordate

(2009) Amalia Rosner et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

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

Control over the morphology and segregation of Zebrafish germ cell granules during embryonic development

(2008) Markus J Strasser et al.   BMC DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Flatworm stem cells and the germ line: Developmental and evolutionary implications of macvasa expression in Macrostomum lignano

(2008) Daniela Pfister et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY