Localization of oskar RNA regulates oskar translation and requires Oskar protein

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				N. F. Vanzo and A. Ephrussi Oskar anchoring restricts pole plasm formation to the posterior of the Drosophila oocyte Development, January 8, 2002; 129(15): 3705 - 3714. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				J. H. Mansfield, J. E. Wilhelm, and T. Hazelrigg Ypsilon Schachtel, a Drosophila Y-box protein, acts antagonistically to Orb in the oskar mRNA localization and translation pathway Development, January 1, 2002; 129(1): 197 - 209. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				N. S. LEE, B. SUN, R. WILLIAMSON, N. GUNKEL, P. M. SALVATERRA, and J. J. ROSSI Functional colocalization of ribozymes and target mRNAs in Drosophila oocytes FASEB J, November 1, 2001; 15(13): 2390 - 2400. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				A. Nakamura, R. Amikura, K. Hanyu, and S. Kobayashi Me31B silences translation of oocyte-localizing RNAs through the formation of cytoplasmic RNP complex during Drosophila oogenesis Development, September 1, 2001; 128(17): 3233 - 3242. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				J. S. Chang, L. Tan, M. R. Wolf, and P. Schedl Functioning of the Drosophila orb gene in gurken mRNA localization and translation Development, August 15, 2001; 128(16): 3169 - 3177. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				A. N. Harris and P. M. Macdonald aubergine encodes a Drosophila polar granule component required for pole cell formation and related to eIF2C Development, July 15, 2001; 128(14): 2823 - 2832. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				L Tan, J. Chang, A Costa, and P Schedl An autoregulatory feedback loop directs the localized expression of the Drosophila CPEB protein Orb in the developing oocyte Development, January 4, 2001; 128(7): 1159 - 1169. [Abstract] [PDF]

				S Evans Bergsten, T Huang, S Chatterjee, and E. Gavis Recognition and long-range interactions of a minimal nanos RNA localization signal element Development, January 2, 2001; 128(3): 427 - 435. [Abstract] [PDF]

				J. E. Wilhelm, R. D. Vale, and R. S. Hegde Coordinate control of translation and localization of Vg1 mRNA in Xenopus oocytes PNAS, November 21, 2000; 97(24): 13132 - 13137. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]