Vasa protein expression is restricted to the small micromeres of the sea urchin, but is inducible in other lineages early in development

SMART 5: domains in the context of genomes and networks

Ivica Letunić · Nucleic Acids Research · 2005 · 968 citations · Full text

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

Paul Lasko, Michael Ashburner · Nature · 1988 · 651 citations

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

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Zebrafish <i>vasa</i> homologue RNA is localized to the cleavage planes of 2- and 4-cell-stage embryos and is expressed in the primordial germ cells

Christina Yoon, Koichi Kawakami, Nancy Hopkins · Development · 1997 · 610 citations

Life Sciences, Developmental Biology, Genetics +14

Structural Basis for RNA Unwinding by the DEAD-Box Protein Drosophila Vasa

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