Paul Lasko

The product of the Drosophila gene vasa is very similar to eukaryotic initiation factor-4A

Paul Lasko, Michael Ashburner · Nature · 1988 · 648 citations

Transcriptional Regulation, Developmental Biology, Genetics +9

Autism-related deficits via dysregulated eIF4E-dependent translational control

Christos G. Gkogkas, Arkady Khoutorsky, Israeli Ran et al. · Nature · 2012 · 522 citations · Full text

Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Autism-related Deficits, Syndromic Autism +5

Posterior localization of vasa protein correlates with, but is not sufficient for, pole cell development.

Paul Lasko, Michael Ashburner · Genes & Development · 1990 · 375 citations · Full text

Oocyte, Genetics, Vasa Gene +22

Localization of vasa protein to the <i>Drosophila</i> pole plasm is independent of its RNA-binding and helicase activities

Lu Liang, William Diehl‐Jones, Paul Lasko · Development · 1994 · 339 citations

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

Sylvia Styhler, Akira Nakamura, Andrew Swan et al. · Development · 1998 · 292 citations

Oocyte, Genetics, Vasa-null Ovaries +21