Published in Biol Open on August 21, 2012
Specialized piRNA pathways act in germline and somatic tissues of the Drosophila ovary. Cell (2009) 6.39
Structural basis for RNA unwinding by the DEAD-box protein Drosophila Vasa. Cell (2006) 5.70
Regulation of zygotic gene expression in Drosophila primordial germ cells. Curr Biol (1998) 4.53
The product of the Drosophila gene vasa is very similar to eukaryotic initiation factor-4A. Nature (1988) 4.23
A protein component of Drosophila polar granules is encoded by vasa and has extensive sequence similarity to ATP-dependent helicases. Cell (1988) 3.87
Unique germ-line organelle, nuage, functions to repress selfish genetic elements in Drosophila melanogaster. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2007) 3.31
Isolation of a DEAD-family protein gene that encodes a murine homolog of Drosophila vasa and its specific expression in germ cell lineage. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (1994) 3.25
Abdominal segmentation, pole cell formation, and embryonic polarity require the localized activity of oskar, a maternal gene in Drosophila. Cell (1986) 2.81
Localization of vasa protein to the Drosophila pole plasm is independent of its RNA-binding and helicase activities. Development (1994) 2.66
Posterior localization of vasa protein correlates with, but is not sufficient for, pole cell development. Genes Dev (1990) 2.45
vasa is required for GURKEN accumulation in the oocyte, and is involved in oocyte differentiation and germline cyst development. Development (1998) 2.44
The RNA interference proteins and vasa locus are involved in the silencing of retrotransposons in the female germline of Drosophila melanogaster. RNA Biol (2004) 2.01
The function and regulation of vasa-like genes in germ-cell development. Genome Biol (2000) 1.96
Zebrafish vasa RNA but not its protein is a component of the germ plasm and segregates asymmetrically before germline specification. J Cell Biol (2000) 1.95
In situ hybridization to RNA. Methods Cell Biol (1994) 1.88
Mechanisms guiding primordial germ cell migration: strategies from different organisms. Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol (2010) 1.88
Spatially restricted activity of a Drosophila lipid phosphatase guides migrating germ cells. Development (2001) 1.72
VASA mediates translation through interaction with a Drosophila yIF2 homolog. Mol Cell (2000) 1.72
Expression of vasa(vas)-related genes in germline cells and totipotent somatic stem cells of planarians. Dev Biol (1999) 1.66
The fat facets gene is required for Drosophila eye and embryo development. Development (1992) 1.59
Identification of a component of Drosophila polar granules. Development (1988) 1.58
Vasa unveils a common origin of germ cells and of somatic stem cells from the posterior growth zone in the polychaete Platynereis dumerilii. Dev Biol (2007) 1.58
Interaction with eIF5B is essential for Vasa function during development. Development (2004) 1.55
Oocyte polarity depends on regulation of gurken by Vasa. Development (1998) 1.51
Concentration-dependent activities of the even-skipped protein in Drosophila embryos. Genes Dev (1992) 1.39
Vasa promotes Drosophila germline stem cell differentiation by activating mei-P26 translation by directly interacting with a (U)-rich motif in its 3' UTR. Genes Dev (2009) 1.37
Flatworm stem cells and the germ line: developmental and evolutionary implications of macvasa expression in Macrostomum lignano. Dev Biol (2008) 1.29
Expression and function of clift in the development of somatic gonadal precursors within the Drosophila mesoderm. Development (1997) 1.26
Sex-specific apoptosis regulates sexual dimorphism in the Drosophila embryonic gonad. Dev Cell (2003) 1.23
Vasa genes: emerging roles in the germ line and in multipotent cells. Bioessays (2010) 1.23
Germ cells in the crustacean Parhyale hawaiensis depend on Vasa protein for their maintenance but not for their formation. Dev Biol (2008) 1.11
A role for vasa in regulating mitotic chromosome condensation in Drosophila. Curr Biol (2010) 1.10
Somatic stem cells express Piwi and Vasa genes in an adult ctenophore: ancient association of "germline genes" with stemness. Dev Biol (2010) 1.10
Nonautonomous sex determination controls sexually dimorphic development of the Drosophila gonad. Dev Cell (2008) 1.09
The DEAD-box RNA helicase Vasa functions in embryonic mitotic progression in the sea urchin. Development (2011) 1.02
Vasa protein expression and localization in the zebrafish. Mech Dev (2000) 1.00
Transient occurrence of vasa-expressing cells in nongenital segments during embryonic development in the oligochaete annelid Tubifex tubifex. Dev Genes Evol (2007) 0.95
The germ plasm component Vasa allows tracing of the interstitial stem cells in the cnidarian Hydractinia echinata. Dev Dyn (2008) 0.94
Asymmetric localization of germline markers Vasa and Nanos during early development in the amphioxus Branchiostoma floridae. Dev Biol (2011) 0.94
Sox100B, a Drosophila group E Sox-domain gene, is required for somatic testis differentiation. Sex Dev (2009) 0.92
Maternal Nanos and Pumilio regulate zygotic vasa expression autonomously in the germ-line progenitors of Drosophila melanogaster embryos. Dev Growth Differ (2001) 0.88
Lipid phosphate phosphatase activity regulates dispersal and bilateral sorting of embryonic germ cells in Drosophila. Development (2010) 0.85