Genetics of germ cell development

Temporal Transcriptional Profiling of Somatic and Germ Cells Reveals Biased Lineage Priming of Sexual Fate in the Fetal Mouse Gonad

(2012) Samantha A. Jameson et al.   PLoS Genetics

Inhibitor of DNA Binding 4 Is Expressed Selectively by Single Spermatogonia in the Male Germline and Regulates the Self-Renewal of Spermatogonial Stem Cells in Mice1

(2011) Melissa J. Oatley et al.   BIOLOGY OF REPRODUCTION

Inheritance of Stress-Induced, ATF-2-Dependent Epigenetic Change

(2011) Ki-Hyeon Seong et al.   CELL

Reconstitution of the Mouse Germ Cell Specification Pathway in Culture by Pluripotent Stem Cells

(2011) Katsuhiko Hayashi et al.   CELL

Genome-wide analysis of translation reveals a critical role for deleted in azoospermia-like (Dazl) at the oocyte-to-zygote transition

(2011) J. Chen et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

Divergence of Pumilio/fem-3mRNA Binding Factor (PUF) Protein Specificity through Variations in an RNA-binding Pocket

(2011) Chen Qiu et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Transgenerational epigenetic inheritance of longevity in Caenorhabditis elegans

(2011) Eric L. Greer et al.   NATURE

Licensing of gametogenesis, dependent on RNA binding protein DAZL, as a gateway to sexual differentiation of fetal germ cells

(2011) M. E. Gill et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Drosophila Sex lethal Gene Initiates Female Development in Germline Progenitors

(2011) K. Hashiyama et al.   SCIENCE

Developmental Control of Oocyte Maturation and Egg Activation in Metazoan Models

(2011) J. R. Von Stetina et al.   Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

Small Noncoding RNAs in the Germline

(2011) J. P. Saxe et al.   Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

Epigenetic Patterns Maintained in Early Caenorhabditis elegans Embryos Can Be Established by Gene Activity in the Parental Germ Cells

(2011) Jackelyn K. Arico et al.   PLoS Genetics

Posttranscriptional regulation in Drosophila oocytes and early embryos

(2011) Paul Lasko   Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-RNA

Paternally Induced Transgenerational Environmental Reprogramming of Metabolic Gene Expression in Mammals

(2010) Benjamin R. Carone et al.   CELL

Meiosis: making a break for it

(2010) Judith Yanowitz   CURRENT OPINION IN CELL BIOLOGY

Sm proteins specify germ cell fate by facilitating oskar mRNA localization

(2010) G. B. Gonsalvez et al.   DEVELOPMENT

The Mammalian Doublesex Homolog DMRT1 Is a Transcriptional Gatekeeper that Controls the Mitosis versus Meiosis Decision in Male Germ Cells

(2010) Clinton K. Matson et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Histone Variants in Metazoan Development

(2010) Laura A. Banaszynski et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

MVH in piRNA processing and gene silencing of retrotransposons

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

P Granule Assembly and Function in Caenorhabditis elegans Germ Cells

(2010) D. Updike et al.   JOURNAL OF ANDROLOGY

Chronic high-fat diet in fathers programs β-cell dysfunction in female rat offspring

(2010) Sheau-Fang Ng et al.   NATURE

Genome-wide analysis of mRNA targets for Caenorhabditis elegans FBF, a conserved stem cell regulator

(2010) Aaron M. Kershner et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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

(2010) C. M. Gallo et al.   SCIENCE

Functional Hierarchy and Reversibility Within the Murine Spermatogenic Stem Cell Compartment

(2010) T. Nakagawa et al.   SCIENCE

The pluripotency factor LIN28 marks undifferentiated spermatogonia in mouse

(2009) Ke Zheng et al.   BMC DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

A Signaling Principle for the Specification of the Germ Cell Lineage in Mice

(2009) Yasuhide Ohinata et al.   CELL

A C. elegans LSD1 Demethylase Contributes to Germline Immortality by Reprogramming Epigenetic Memory

(2009) David J. Katz et al.   CELL

The establishment of sexual identity in the Drosophila germline

(2009) A. L. Casper et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Direct Inhibition of Pumilo Activity by Bam and Bgcn inDrosophilaGerm Line Stem Cell Differentiation

(2009) Ji Young Kim et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Surfing the wave, cycle, life history, and genes/proteins expressed by testicular germ cells. Part 1: Background to spermatogenesis, spermatogonia, and spermatocytes

(2009) Louis Hermo et al.   MICROSCOPY RESEARCH AND TECHNIQUE

Mechanisms guiding primordial germ cell migration: strategies from different organisms

(2009) Brian E. Richardson et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

Bam and Bgcn antagonize Nanos-dependent germ-line stem cell maintenance

(2009) Y. Li et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Drosophila oogenesis

(2008) Rebecca Bastock et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Requirement of Oct3/4 function for germ cell specification

(2008) Daiji Okamura et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Sohlh2 affects differentiation of KIT positive oocytes and spermatogonia

(2008) Shuichi Toyoda et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Complex genome-wide transcription dynamics orchestrated by Blimp1 for the specification of the germ cell lineage in mice

(2008) K. Kurimoto et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

Nanos2 suppresses meiosis and promotes male germ cell differentiation

(2008) A. Suzuki et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

Inhibition of Transcription by the Caenorhabditis elegans Germline Protein PIE-1: Genetic Evidence for Distinct Mechanisms Targeting Initiation and Elongation

(2008) Dolan Ghosh et al.   GENETICS

Drosophila Pgc protein inhibits P-TEFb recruitment to chromatin in primordial germ cells

(2008) Kazuko Hanyu-Nakamura et al.   NATURE

Critical function of Prdm14 for the establishment of the germ cell lineage in mice

(2008) Masashi Yamaji et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Stra8 and its inducer, retinoic acid, regulate meiotic initiation in both spermatogenesis and oogenesis in mice

(2008) E. L. Anderson et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Autophagy Is Essential for Preimplantation Development of Mouse Embryos

(2008) S. Tsukamoto et al.   SCIENCE

Germ Cell-Intrinsic and -Extrinsic Factors Govern Meiotic Initiation in Mouse Embryos

(2008) Y. Lin et al.   SCIENCE