Embryonic stem cells can form germ cells <i>in vitro</i>

Yayoi Toyooka, Naoki Tsunekawa, Ryuko Akasu, +1

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

The mouse homolog of <i>Drosophila Vasa</i> is required for the development of male germ cells

Satomi Tanaka, Yayoi Toyooka, Ryuko Akasu, +5

Genes & Development

Expression and intracellular localization of mouse Vasa-homologue protein during germ cell development

Yayoi Toyooka, Naoki Tsunekawa, Yoshihiko Takahashi, +3

Mechanisms of Development

Germ Cell BiologyCell LineageDevelopmental BiologyGerm CellIntracellular Localization +10

Isolation of a DEAD-family protein gene that encodes a murine homolog of Drosophila vasa and its specific expression in germ cell lineage.

Yuko Fujiwara, Tohru Komiya, Hidetaka Kawabata, +4

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Murine HomologGeneticsMolecular GeneticsReproductive BiologyEpigenetics +22

Isolation of chicken <i>vasa</i> homolog gene and tracing the origin of primordial germ cells

Naoki Tsunekawa, Mitsuru Naito, Yasuhiro Sakai, +2

Development

SpermatogenesisGeneticsPrimordial Germ CellsMolecular GeneticsGenomics +17

The TDRD9-MIWI2 Complex Is Essential for piRNA-Mediated Retrotransposon Silencing in the Mouse Male Germline

Masanobu Shoji, Takashi Tanaka, Mihoko Hosokawa, +16

Developmental Cell

Developmental BiologyPirna-mediated Retrotransposon SilencingMouse Male GermlineGeneticsMolecular Genetics +8

MITOPLD Is a Mitochondrial Protein Essential for Nuage Formation and piRNA Biogenesis in the Mouse Germline

Toshiaki Watanabe, Shinichiro Chuma, Yasuhiro Yamamoto, +12

Developmental Cell

MitophagyDevelopmental BiologyMitochondrial BiogenesisMitochondrial FunctionMouse Germline +6

<i>Tdrd1/Mtr-1</i> , a <i>tudor</i> -related gene, is essential for male germ-cell differentiation and nuage/germinal granule formation in mice

Shinichiro Chuma, Mihoko Hosokawa, K Kitamura, +6

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

SpermatogenesisEmbryonic PatterningGeneticsMolecular GeneticsMale Germ-cell Differentiation +22

MVH in piRNA processing and gene silencing of retrotransposons

Satomi Kuramochi‐Miyagawa, Toshiaki Watanabe, Kengo Gotoh, +14

Genes & Development

SpermatogenesisTranscriptional RegulationMouse Piwi FamilyDevelopmental BiologyGerm Cell +13

Identification of two Sox17 messenger RNA isoforms, with and without the high mobility group box region, and their differential expression in mouse spermatogenesis.

Yoshiakira Kanai, Masami Kanai‐Azuma, Toshiaki Noce, +4

The Journal of Cell Biology

SpermatogenesisGeneticsMolecular GeneticsDifferent Mrna IsoformsReproductive Biology +14