2018
The Germline-Specific Factor OEF-1 Facilitates Coordinated Progression Through Germ Cell Development in Caenorhabditis elegans
McManus CE, Reinke V. The Germline-Specific Factor OEF-1 Facilitates Coordinated Progression Through Germ Cell Development in Caenorhabditis elegans. Genetics 2018, 208: 549-563. PMID: 29167199, PMCID: PMC5788521, DOI: 10.1534/genetics.117.1123.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGerm cell developmentGerm cellsCell developmentGermline-expressed genesNovel nuclear proteinCell cycle checkpointsGermline expressionGenomic integrityUnique fateOocyte differentiationFaithful transmissionCycle checkpointsNuclear proteinsMature gametesX chromosomeDevelopmental eventsLarval stagesMaturation eventsGenetic materialCaenorhabditisFactor 1Developmental progressionSubtle defectsCellsExpression
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
2006
Promotion of oogenesis and embryogenesis in the C. elegans gonad by EFL-1/DPL-1 (E2F) does not require LIN-35 (pRB)
Chi W, Reinke V. Promotion of oogenesis and embryogenesis in the C. elegans gonad by EFL-1/DPL-1 (E2F) does not require LIN-35 (pRB). Development 2006, 133: 3147-3157. PMID: 16854972, DOI: 10.1242/dev.02490.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsBinding SitesCaenorhabditis elegansCaenorhabditis elegans ProteinsE2F Transcription FactorsEmbryonic DevelopmentFertilityGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalGonadsOligonucleotide Array Sequence AnalysisOogenesisReceptors, LDLRepressor ProteinsRNA-Binding ProteinsTranscription FactorsTranscriptional ActivationConceptsEFL-1/DPLLin-35 mutantsLin-35Dpl-1Efl-1Target genesC. elegansTissue-specific transcriptional programsEctopic cell divisionE2F-binding sitesCell cycle componentsCaenorhabditis elegansTranscriptional programsEarly embryogenesisResponsive genesCell divisionCause defectsRegulatory regionsSomatic tissuesExpression profilingGene expressionReduced broodsOogenesisElegansFunction mutations