2011
The kinase VRK1 is required for normal meiotic progression in mammalian oogenesis
Schober CS, Aydiner F, Booth CJ, Seli E, Reinke V. The kinase VRK1 is required for normal meiotic progression in mammalian oogenesis. Cells And Development 2011, 128: 178-190. PMID: 21277975, DOI: 10.1016/j.mod.2011.01.004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsChromosomes, MammalianFemaleHistonesInfertility, FemaleInfertility, MaleMaleMeiosisMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, Mutant StrainsMutagenesis, InsertionalOocytesOogenesisOrgan SizeOrgan SpecificityOvaryPhenotypePhosphorylationProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesSeminiferous EpitheliumSpermatogenesisTestisTumor Suppressor Protein p53ConceptsMeiotic progressionNormal meiotic progressionGene trap insertionConserved roleDrosophila oogenesisMammalian gametogenesisMammalian oogenesisVRK1 activityPhosphorylation substratesFemale meiosisInvertebrate speciesProliferation defectMale spermatogoniaChromosomal configurationsMetaphase plateVRK1OogenesisVRK1 expressionFailure of oocytesMouse strainsDrosophilaMeiosisGametogenesisChromosomesLoci
2002
X-chromosome silencing in the germline of C. elegans.
Kelly WG, Schaner CE, Dernburg AF, Lee MH, Kim SK, Villeneuve AM, Reinke V. X-chromosome silencing in the germline of C. elegans. Development 2002, 129: 479-92. PMID: 11807039, PMCID: PMC4066729, DOI: 10.1242/dev.129.2.479.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsCaenorhabditis elegansDisorders of Sex DevelopmentFemaleGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalGene SilencingGenes, ReporterGerm CellsGonadsHistonesImmunohistochemistryIn Situ Hybridization, FluorescenceMaleMeiosisMethylationOligonucleotide Array Sequence AnalysisOocytesRecombinant Fusion ProteinsSpermatozoaTranscription, GeneticTransgenesX ChromosomeConceptsX chromosomeHistone modificationsC. elegansEarly meiosisX chromosome silencingNematode C. elegansGermline maintenanceNematode phylumHermaphroditic speciesChromatin organizationSex bodyXO malesTranscriptional competenceSex chromosomesTranscriptional activationTransgene arrayOocyte meiosisMeiosisChromosomesRepressive mechanismsElegansSpeciesHeterochromatinHermaphroditesGenome