2011
C. elegans meg‐1 and meg‐2 differentially interact with nanos family members to either promote or inhibit germ cell proliferation and survival
Kapelle WS, Reinke V. C. elegans meg‐1 and meg‐2 differentially interact with nanos family members to either promote or inhibit germ cell proliferation and survival. Genesis 2011, 49: 380-391. PMID: 21305687, DOI: 10.1002/dvg.20726.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAnimals, Genetically ModifiedCaenorhabditis elegansCaenorhabditis elegans ProteinsCell ProliferationCell SurvivalDisorders of Sex DevelopmentEmbryo, NonmammalianEpistasis, GeneticFemaleGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalGerm CellsLuminescent ProteinsMaleRNA InterferenceRNA-Binding ProteinsTime FactorsConceptsGerm cell proliferationMeg 1Germ cellsEmbryonic primordial germ cellsTargeted RNAi screenPrimordial germ cellsCell proliferationGerm cell survivalGerm lineageP granulesRNAi screenLarval stagesMEG 2Cell survivalFamily membersMultiple pathwaysGerm cell degenerationPhenotypeSterilityProliferationOptimal proliferationCellsCell degenerationEmbryogenesisLineages
2010
Genome-wide analysis of germ cell proliferation in C . elegans identifies VRK-1 as a key regulator of CEP-1/p53
Waters K, Yang AZ, Reinke V. Genome-wide analysis of germ cell proliferation in C . elegans identifies VRK-1 as a key regulator of CEP-1/p53. Developmental Biology 2010, 344: 1011-1025. PMID: 20599896, PMCID: PMC3375680, DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2010.06.022.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGerm cell proliferationVRK-1Germ cellsCEP-1CEP-1/p53Cell proliferationImportant regulatory relationshipsGenome-wide analysisGene expression profilingGermline proliferationCell cycle arrestUseful model systemC. elegansProliferation defectFunctional characterizationNegative regulationExpression profilingRegulatory relationshipsKey regulatorP53 activityCycle arrestUnsuspected mechanismElegansModel systemProliferation
2006
Regulation of developmental rate and germ cell proliferation in Caenorhabditis elegans by the p53 gene network
Derry W, Bierings R, van Iersel M, Satkunendran T, Reinke V, Rothman J. Regulation of developmental rate and germ cell proliferation in Caenorhabditis elegans by the p53 gene network. Cell Death & Differentiation 2006, 14: 662-670. PMID: 17186023, DOI: 10.1038/sj.cdd.4402075.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCEP-1Genotoxic stressP53 family membersComplex transcriptional regulatory networksDevelopmental rateTranscriptional regulatory networksCell proliferationP53-binding siteGerm cell proliferationTumor suppressor p53Absence of stressGermline apoptosisCaenorhabditis elegansTranscriptional networksC. elegansMammalian counterpartsCheckpoint responseGene networksRegulatory networksTranscriptional targetsP53 gene networkEmbryonic viabilityHuman p63Negative regulatorP53 family
2000
A Global Profile of Germline Gene Expression in C. elegans
Reinke V, Smith H, Nance J, Wang J, Van Doren C, Begley R, Jones S, Davis E, Scherer S, Ward S, Kim S. A Global Profile of Germline Gene Expression in C. elegans. Molecular Cell 2000, 6: 605-616. PMID: 11030340, DOI: 10.1016/s1097-2765(00)00059-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsArgonaute ProteinsCaenorhabditis elegansCaenorhabditis elegans ProteinsCell Cycle ProteinsCytoskeletal ProteinsDrosophila ProteinsGene Expression ProfilingGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalHelminth ProteinsMaleMembrane ProteinsOocytesProteinsReceptors, NotchRNA, MessengerRNA-Induced Silencing ComplexSpermatogenesisSpermatozoaX ChromosomeConceptsC. elegans germlineGermline gene expressionEmbryonic signaling pathwaysGene expression patternsStem cell proliferationChromosomal locationProtein kinaseX chromosomeDNA microarraysExpression patternsGene expressionSignaling pathwaysGermline transcriptsGenesCell proliferationGermlineGlobal profileTranscriptsChromosomesNew componentsKinaseMicroarrayPhosphatasePathwayOocytes