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A conserved RNA-protein complex component involved in physiological germline apoptosis regulation in C. elegans

scientific article published on 12 October 2005

A role for the Drosophila fragile X-related gene in circadian output

scientific article published in August 2002

An integrated approach to unravel a crucial structural property required for the function of the insect steroidogenic Halloween protein Noppera-bo

scientific article published on 02 April 2020

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

scientific article published in July 2011

Coordinated repression of pro-differentiation genes via P-bodies and transcription maintains Drosophila intestinal stem cell identity

scientific article published on 24 January 2022

Correction: The Nutrient-Responsive Hormone CCHamide-2 Controls Growth by Regulating Insulin-like Peptides in the Brain of Drosophila melanogaster

scientific article published on 22 September 2015

Crystallization and preliminary X-ray studies of cyclodextrin glucanotransferase from alkalophilic Bacillus sp. 1011

scientific article published on 01 March 1994

Dmaf, a novel member of Maf transcription factor family is expressed in somatic gonadal cells during embryonic development and gametogenesis in Drosophila

scientific article published in October 2003

Drosophila Mon2 couples Oskar-induced endocytosis with actin remodeling for cortical anchorage of the germ plasm

scientific article published in June 2011

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

scientific article published on 16 January 2008

Drosophila cup is an eIF4E binding protein that associates with Bruno and regulates oskar mRNA translation in oogenesis

scientific article published in January 2004

Dynamic redistribution of vasa homolog and exclusion of somatic cell determinants during germ cell specification in Ciona intestinalis.

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Efficient Endocytic Uptake and Maturation in Drosophila Oocytes Requires Dynamitin/p50.

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Endophilin B is required for the Drosophila oocyte to endocytose yolk downstream of Oskar.

scientific article published on 8 January 2014

Four aromatic residues in the active center of cyclodextrin glucanotransferase from alkalophilic Bacillus sp. 1011: effects of replacements on substrate binding and cyclization characteristics.

scientific article published on August 1994

Functional relationships between cyclodextrin glucanotransferase from an alkalophilic Bacillus and alpha-amylases. Site-directed mutagenesis of the conserved two Asp and one Glu residues

scientific article published on 01 January 1992

Functions of the COOH-terminal region of cyclodextrin glucanotransferase of alkalophilic Bacillus sp. #1011: relation to catalyzing activity and pH stability.

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Germ cell-autonomous Wunen2 is required for germline development in Drosophila embryos.

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Identification of a transcriptional regulatory region for germline-specific expression of vasa gene in Drosophila melanogaster

scientific article published in March 2002

Less is more: specification of the germline by transcriptional repression

scientific article published on December 2008

Map7/7D1 and Dvl form a feedback loop that facilitates microtubule remodeling and Wnt5a signaling

scientific article published on 07 June 2018

Maternal Nanos inhibits Importin-α2/Pendulin-dependent nuclear import to prevent somatic gene expression in the Drosophila germline.

scientific article published on 15 May 2019

Maternal Pumilio acts together with Nanos in germline development in Drosophila embryos

scientific article published in November 1999

Me31B silences translation of oocyte-localizing RNAs through the formation of cytoplasmic RNP complex during Drosophila oogenesis.

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Mechanisms underlying maternal RNA translation and localization during Drosophila oogenesis

scientific article published in December 2009

Membrane protein location-dependent regulation by PI3K (III) and rabenosyn-5 in Drosophila wing cells

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Mislocalization of oskar product in the anterior pole results in ectopic localization of mitochondrial large ribosomal RNA in Drosophila embryos

scientific article published in May 1995

Mitochondrial small ribosomal RNA is present on polar granules in early cleavage embryos of Drosophila melanogaster

scientific article published in August 1999

Oskar-induced endocytic activation and actin remodeling for anchorage of the Drosophila germ plasm

scientific article published on May 2011

Overlapping functions of Krüppel-like factor family members: targeting multiple transcription factors to maintain the naïve pluripotency of mouse embryonic stem cells

scientific article published on 30 May 2018

PRDM14-CtBP1/2-PRC2 complex regulates transcriptional repression during transition from primed to naïve pluripotency

scientific article published on 13 July 2020

Pgc suppresses the zygotically acting RNA decay pathway to protect germ plasm RNAs in the Drosophila embryo

scientific article published on 04 April 2019

Presence of mitochondria-type ribosomes outside mitochondria in germ plasm of Drosophila embryos

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Rapid and efficient generation of GFP-knocked-in Drosophila by the CRISPR-Cas9-mediated genome editing

scientific article published on 29 April 2019

Region-specific activation of oskar mRNA translation by inhibition of Bruno-mediated repression

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Repression of early zygotic transcription in the germline

scientific article published on December 2010

Requirement for a noncoding RNA in Drosophila polar granules for germ cell establishment

scientific article published in December 1996

Roles of Drosophila deltex in Notch receptor endocytic trafficking and activation

scientific article published on 8 February 2011

Roles of cytoplasmic RNP granules in intracellular RNA localization and translational control in the Drosophila oocyte

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Roles of vesicle trafficking in Drosophila germ plasm assembly

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Spatial expression of Drosophila glutathione S-transferase-D1 in the alimentary canal is regulated by the overlying visceral mesoderm

scientific article published in December 1999

Staufen- and FMRP-containing neuronal RNPs are structurally and functionally related to somatic P bodies

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Structural basis for RNA unwinding by the DEAD-box protein Drosophila Vasa

scientific article (publication date: 21 April 2006)

The Nutrient-Responsive Hormone CCHamide-2 Controls Growth by Regulating Insulin-like Peptides in the Brain of Drosophila melanogaster

scientific article (publication date: May 2015)

The conserved P body component HPat/Pat1 negatively regulates synaptic terminal growth at the larval Drosophila neuromuscular junction

scientific article published on 24 October 2012

The endocytic pathway acts downstream of Oskar in Drosophila germ plasm assembly

scientific article published on 13 February 2008

The evolutionally-conserved function of group B1 Sox family members confers the unique role of Sox2 in mouse ES cells

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Three histidine residues in the active center of cyclodextrin glucanotransferase from alkalophilic Bacillus sp. 1011: effects of the replacement on pH dependence and transition-state stabilization.

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Translational control in Drosophila development

scientific article published in December 2006

VASA localization requires the SPRY-domain and SOCS-box containing protein, GUSTAVUS.

scientific article published in December 2002

VASA mediates translation through interaction with a Drosophila yIF2 homolog.

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X-ray structure of cyclodextrin glucanotransferase from alkalophilic Bacillus sp. 1011. Comparison of two independent molecules at 1.8 A resolution.

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vasa is required for GURKEN accumulation in the oocyte, and is involved in oocyte differentiation and germline cyst development

scientific article published in May 1998