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Mechanisms of Development · 2000 · 87 citations · 12 references
Life SciencesMolecular BiologyMolecular GeneticsEmbryogenesisFish BiologyGene ExpressionFish Developmental BiologyProtein LocalizationTransgenic Zebrafish ModelsVasa-dependent Germ Cell SpecificationZebrafish Developmental Models
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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
Life Sciences, Genetics, Molecular Biology +11
A protein component of Drosophila polar granules is encoded by vasa and has extensive sequence similarity to ATP-dependent helicases
Bruce A. Hay, Lily Yeh Jan, Yuh Nung Jan · Cell · 1988 · 633 citations
Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology +9
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
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 · 341 citations
Life Sciences, Genetics, Molecular Genetics +12
Expression ofvasa(vas)-Related Genes in Germline Cells and Totipotent Somatic Stem Cells of Planarians
Norito Shibata, Yoshihiko Umesono, Hidefumi Orii et al. · Developmental Biology · 1999 · 274 citations
Life Sciences, Developmental Biology, Genetics +16