Paul Lasko ORCID ID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4037-3501
145. Lasko, P. and Lüthy, K. (2021) Investigating rare and ultrarare epilepsy syndromes with Drosophilamodels. Faculty Opinions, invited review, in press.
144. Kashkooli, L., Rozema, D., Espejo-Ramirez, L., Lasko, P., and Fagotto, F. (2021) Ectoderm to mesoderm transition by downregulation of actomyosin contractility. PLoS Biology19 (1): e3001060. PMID 33406067.
143. Chaouch, A. and Lasko, P. (2020) Drosophila melanogaster: a fruitful model for oncohistones. Invited review for Fly, doi 10.1080/19336934.2020.1863124.
142. Ramsay, C., Lasko, P., and Abouheif, E. (2020) Evo-devo lessons from the reproductive division of labour in eusocial Hymenoptera. In: Evolutionary Developmental Biology–A Reference Guide (eds. Nuño de la Rosa, L. and Müller, G. B.), published online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-33038-9_173-1.
141. Kugler, J. M. and Lasko, P. (2020) Drosophilaembryo: maternal interactions in specification of the anterior-posterior axis. Encyclopedia of Life Sciences, a1503.pub2, doi 10.1002/9780470015902.a0029150.
140. Hernández, G., Garcia, A., Lasko, P., and Sonenberg, N. (2020) Unorthodox mechanisms to initiate translation open novel paths for gene expression. J. Mol. Biol.432: 166702. PMID 33166539.
139. Lasko, P. (2020) Patterning the Drosophilaembryo: a paradigm for RNA-based developmental genetic regulation. WIReS RNA, Jun 15: e1610. PMID 32543002.
138. Taruscio, D., Baynam, G., Cederroth, H., Groft, S. C., Klee, E. W., Kosaki, K., Lasko, P., Melegh, B., Riess, O., Salvatore, M., and Gahl, W. A. (2020) Five years later: the Undiagnosed Diseases Network International. Mol. Genet. Metab.129: 243-254. PMID 32033911.
137. Dold, A., Han. H., Liu, N., Hildebrandt, A., Beli, P., Brüggemann, M., Rücklé, C., Beli, P., Zarnack, K., König, J., Roignant, J.-Y., and Lasko, P. (2020) Makorin 1 controls embryonic patterning by alleviating Bruno-mediated repression of oskartranslation. PLoS Genet., 16: e1008581. PMID 31978041.
136. Kong, J., Han, H., Bergalet, J., Bouvrette, L.-P. B., Hernández, G., Moon, N.-S., Vali, H., Lécuyer, E., and Lasko. P. (2019) Drosophilaribosomal protein S5b is essential for oogenesis and interacts with distinct RNAs. Sci. Rep.9: 13779. PMID 31551467.
135. Krug, B., De Jay, N., Harutyunyan, A. S., Deshmukh, S., Marchione, D. M., Guilhamon, P., Bertrand, K. C., Mikael, L. G., McConechy, M. K., Chen, C., Khazaei, S., Koncar, R. F., Agnihotri, S., Faury, D., Ellezam, B., Weil, A. G., Urisini-Siegel, J., De Carvalho, D. D., Dirks, P. B., Lewis, P. W., Salomoni, P., Lupien, M., Arrowsmith, C., Lasko, P. F., Garcia, B. A., Kleinman, C. L., Jabado, N., and Mack, S. C. (2019) Pervasive H3K27 acetylation leads to ERV expression and a therapeutic vulnerability in H3K27M gliomas. Cancer Cell 35: 782-797. PMID 31085178.
134. Berlandi, J., Chaouch, A., De Jay, N., Tegeder, I., Thiel, K., Shirinian, M., Kleinman, C., Jeibmann, A., Lasko, P., Jabado, N., and Hasselblatt, M. (2019) Identification of genes functionally involved in the detrimental effects of mutant histone H3.3-K27M in Drosophila melanogaster. Neuro-Oncology, 21: 628-639. PMID 30715493.
133. Oriel, C. and Lasko, P. (2018) Recent developments in using Drosophilaas a model for human genetic disease. Int. J. Mol. Sci.19: E2041. PMID 30011838.
132. Dawkins, H. J. S., Draghia-Akli, R., Lasko, P., Lau, L. P. L., Jonker, A. H., Cutillo, C. M., Rath, A., Boycott, K. M., Baynam, G., Lochmüller, H., Kaufmann, P., LeCam, Y., Hivert, V., and Austin, C. P. (2018) Progress in rare diseases research 2010-2016: an IRDiRC perspective. Clin. Translat. Sci 11: 11-20. PMID 28796411.
131. Baynam, G., Bowman, F., Lister, K., Walker, C. E., Pachter, N., Goldblatt, J., Boycott, K. M., Gahl, W. A., Kosaki, K., Adachi, T., Ishii, K., Mahede, T., McKenzie, F., Townshend, S., Slee, J., Kiraly-Borri, C., Vasudevan, A., Hawkins, A., Broley, S., Schofield, L., Verhoef, H., Groza, T., Zankl, A., Robinson, P. N., Haendel, M., Brudno, M., Mattick, J. S., Dinger, M. E., Roscioli, T., Cowley, M. J., Olry, A., Hanauer, M., Alkuraya, F. S., Taruscio, D., Posada de la Paz, M., Lochmüller, H., Bushby, K., Thompson, R., Hedley, V., Lasko, P., Mina, K., Beilby, J., Tifft, C., Davis, M., Laing, N. G., Julkowska, D., Le Cam, Y., Terry, S. F., Kaufmann, P., Eerola, I., Norstedt, I., Rath, A., Suematsu, M., Groft, S. C., Austin, C. P., Draghia-Akli, R., Weeramanthri, T. S., Molster, C., and Dawkins, H. J. S. (2017) Improved diagnosis and care for rare diseases through implementation of precision public health framework. Adv. Exp. Med. Biol.1031: 55-94. PMID 29214566.
130. Lochmüller, H., Torrent i Farnell, J., LeCam, Y., Jonker, A.H., Lau, L.P.L., Baynam, G., Kaufmann, P., Dawkins, H.J.S., Lasko, P., Austin, C., and Boycott, K. M. (2017) The International Rare Diseases Research Consortium: policies and guidelines to maximize impact. Eur. J. Hum. Genet.25: 1293-1302. PMID 29158551.
129. Richer, E., Lasko, P., Robbins, S., and Syme, R. (2017) The Canadian path from discovery to the implementation of personalized medicine approaches. Biomed. Hub, 2(suppl. 1): 479487. doi 10.1159/000479487.
128. Lasko, P. (2017) mRNAs on the move after lunch. Dev. Cell42: 439-440. PMID 28898674
127. Dehghani, M. and Lasko, P. (2017) Multiple functions of the DEAD-box helicase Vasa in Drosophilaoogenesis. Results Probl. Cell Differ. 63: 127-147. PMID 28779316.
126. Lasko, P. (2017) Dueling RNA-binding proteins promote translational activation. Nature Struct. Mol. Biol.24: 609-610. PMID 28771463.
125. Baynam, G., Broley, S., Bauskis, A., Pachter, N., McKenzie, F., Townshend, S., Slee, J., Kiraly-Borri, C., Vasudevan, A., Hawkins, A., Schofield, L., Helmholz, P., Palmer, R., Kung, S., Walker, C. E., Molster, C., Lewis, B., Mina, K., Beilby, C., Pathak, G., Poulton, C., Groza, T., Zankl, A., Roscioli, T., Dinger, M. E., Mattick, J. S., Gahl, W., Groft, S., Tifft, C., Taruscio, D., Lasko, P., Kosaki, K., Wilhelm, H., Melegh, B., Carapetis, J., Jana, S., Chaney, G., Johns, A., Owen, P. W., Daly, F., Weeramanthri, T., Dawkins, H., and Goldblatt, J. (2017) Initiating an undiagnosed diseases program in the Western Australian public health system. Orphanet J. Rare Dis.12(1); 83. PMID 28468665.
124. Anderson, W., Apweiler, R., Bateman, A., Bauer, G. A., Berman, H., Blake, J. A., Blomberg, N., Burley, S. K., Cochrane, G., DiFrancesco, V., Donohue, T., Durinx, C., Game, A., Green, E., Gojobori, T., Goodhand, P., Hamosh, A., Hermjakob, H., Kanehisa, M., Kiley, R., McEntyre, J., McKibbin, R., Miyano, S., Pauly, B., Perrimon, N., Richards, G., Teo, Y.-Y., Westerfield, M., Westhof, E., and Lasko, P. F. (2017) Towards coordinated international support of core data resources for the life sciences. Preprint at bioRxiv, https://doi.org/10.1101/110825.
123. Anderson, W., Apweiler, R., Bateman, A., Bauer, G. A., Berman, H., Blake, J. A., Blomberg, N., Burley, S. K., Cochrane, G., DiFrancesco, V., Donohue, T., Durinx, C., Game, A., Green, E., Gojobori, T., Goodhand, P., Hamosh, A., Hermjakob, H., Kanehisa, M., Kiley, R., McEntyre, J., McKibbin, R., Miyano, S., Pauly, B., Perrimon, N., Richards, G., Teo, Y.-Y., Westerfield, M., Westhof, E., and Lasko, P. F. (2017) Data management: a global coalition to sustain core data. Nature543: 179. PMID 28277502.
122. Stunnenberg, H. G., International Human Epigenome Consortium, [228 collaborators including Lasko, P.], and Hirst, M. (2016) The International Human Epigenome Consortium: a blueprint for scientific collaboration and discovery. Cell 167: 1145-1149. PMID 27863232
121. Boycott, K., Lochmüller, H., LeCam, Y., Jonker, A. H., Lau, L. P. L., Baynam, G., Kaufmann, P. Lasko, P., Dawkins, H. J., and Austin, C. P. (2016) “IRDiRC recognized resources”—a new mechanism to support scientists to conduct efficient, high-quality research for rare diseases. Eur. J. Hum. Genet. 25: 162-165. PMID 27782107
120. Dehghani, M. and Lasko, P. (2016) C-terminal residues specific to Vasa among DEAD-box helicases are required for its functions in piRNA biogenesis and embryonic patterning. Dev. Genes Evol. 226: 401-412. PMID 27572922
119. Marygold, S. J., Attrill, H., and Lasko, P. (2016) The translation factors of Drosophila melanogaster. Fly11: 65-74. PMID 27494710
118. Kowanda, M., Bergalet, J., Wieczorek, M., Brouhard, G., Lécuyer, É., and Lasko, P. (2016) Loss of function of the Drosophila Ninein-related centrosomal protein Bsg25D causes mitotic defects and impairs embryonic development. Biol. Open5: 1040-1051. PMID 27422905
117. Valzania, L., Ono, H., Ignesti, M., Cavaliere, V., Bernardi, F., Gamberi, C., Lasko, P., and Gargiulo, G. (2016) Drosophila 4EHP is essential for the larval-pupal transition and required in the prothoracic gland for ecdysone biosynthesis. Dev. Biol.410: 14-23. PMID 26721418
116. Taruscio, D., Groft, S., Cederroth, H., Melegh, B., Lasko, P., Kosaki, K., Baynam, G., and Gahl, W. (2015) Undiagnosed Diseases Network International (UDNI): White paper for global actions to meet patient needs. Mol. Genet. Metab.116: 223-225. PMID 26596705
115. Manolio, T. A., Abramowicz, M., Al-Mulla, F., Anderson, W., Balling, R., Berger, A. C., Bleyl, S., Chakravarti, A., Chantratita, W., Chisholm, R. L., Dissanayake, V. H. W., Dunn, M., Dzau, V. J., Han, B. G., Hubbard, T., Kolbe, A., Korf, B., Kubo, M., Lasko, P., Leego, E., Mahasirimongkol, S., Majumdar, P. P., Matthijs, G., McLeod, H. L., Metspalu, A., Meulien, P., Miyamo, S., Naparstek, Y., O’Rourke, P. P., Patrinos, G. P., Rehm, H. L., Relling, M. V., Rennert, G., Rodrigues, L. L., Roden, D. M., Shuldiner, A. R., Sinha, S., Tan, P., Ulfendahl, M., Ward, R., Williams, M. S., Wong, J. E. L., Green, E. D., and Ginsburg, G. S. (2015) Global implementation of genomic medicine: we are not alone. Science Translat. Med.7 (290): 290ps13. PMID 26041702
114. Liu, N. and Lasko, P. (2015) Analysis of RNA interference lines identifies new maternally-expressed genes involved in embryonic patterning in Drosophila melanogaster. G3-Genes, Genomes, Genetics 5: 1025-1034. PMID 25834215
113. Ghosh, S. and Lasko, P. (2015) Loss-of-function analysis reveals distinct requirements of the translation initiation factors eIF4E, eIF4E-3, eIF4G and eIF4G2 in Drosophilaspermatogenesis. PLoS ONE10(4): e0122519. PMID 25849588
112. Dehghani, M. and Lasko, P. (2015) In vivo mapping of functional regions of the DEAD-box helicase Vasa. Biol. Open4: 450-462. PMID 25795910
111. Gao, M., Thomson, T. C., Creed, T. M., Tu, S., Loganathan, S. N., Jackson, C. A., McCluskey, P., Lin, Y., Collier, S. E., Weng, Z., Lasko, P., Ohi, M. D., and Arkov, A. L. (2015) Glycolytic enzymes localize to ribonucleoprotein granules in Drosophila germ cells, bind Tudor and protect from transposable elements. EMBO Rep. 16: 379-386. PMID 25600116
110. Ivshina, M., Lasko, P., and Richter, J. D. (2014) Cytoplasmic polyadenylation element binding proteins in development, health, and disease. Ann. Rev. Cell Dev. Biol. 30: 393-415. PMID 25068488
109. Almouzni, G., Altucci, L., Amati, B., Ashley, N., Baulcombe, D., Beaujean, N., Bock, C., Bongcam-Rudloff, E., Bousquet, J., Braun, S., Paillerets, B.B., Bussemakers, M., Clarke, L., Conesa, A., Estivill, X., Fazeli, A., Grgurević, N., Gut, I., Heijmans, B.T., Hermouet, S., Houwing-Duistermaat, J., Iacobucci, I., Ilaš, J., Kandimalla, R., Krauss-Etschmann, S., Lasko, P., Lehmann, S., Lindroth, A., Majdič, G., Marcotte, E., Martinelli, G., Martinet, N., Meyer, E., Miceli, C., Mills, K., Moreno-Villanueva, M., Morvan, G., Nickel, D., Niesler, B., Nowacki, M., Nowak, J., Ossowski, S., Pelizzola, M., Pochet, R., Potočnik, U., Radwanska, M., Raes, J., Rattray, M., Robinson, M.D., Roelen, B., Sauer, S., Schinzer, D., Slagboom, E., Spector, T., Stunnenberg, H.G., Tiligada, E., Torres-Padilla, M.E., Tsonaka, R., Soom, A.V., Vidaković, M., and Widschwendter, M. (2014) Relationship between genome and epigenome –challenges for future research. BMC Genomics15 : 487. PMID 24942464
108. MacLeod, S., Lasko, P., and MacKenzie, A. (2014) The study of drugs for rare disorders: harnessing research contributions by Canadian academic institutions. J. Popul. Therapeut. Clin. Pharmacol. 21: e47-e55. PMID 24671865
107. Meulien, P., Lasko, P., MacKenzie, A., Bell, C., and Boycott, K. (2014) Rare diseases—how genomics has transformed thinking, diagnoses, and hope for affected families. In Bali, R. K., et al., eds., Orphan Diseases in the Age of Health 2.0, Berlin: Springer-Verlag, pp. 27-38.
106. Solana, J., Gamberi, C., Mihaylova, Y., Grosswendt, S., Chen, C., Lasko, P., Rajewsky, N., and Aboobaker, A. A. (2013) The CCR4-NOT complex mediates deadenylation and degradation of stem cell mRNAs and promotes planarian stem cell differentiation. PLoS Genet. 9(12) e1004003. PMID 24367277
105.Lasko, P. (2013) The DEAD-box helicase Vasa: evidence for a multiplicity of functions in RNA processes and developmental biology. BBA-Gene Regulatory Mechanisms1829: 810-816. PMID 23587717
104. Hernández, G., Miron, M., Han, H., Liu, N., Magescas, J., Tettweiler, G., Frank, F., Siddiqui, N., Sonenberg, N., and Lasko, P. (2013) Mextli is a novel eIF4E binding protein that promotes translation in Drosophila.Mol. Cell. Biol.33: 2854-2864. PMID 23716590
103.Lasko, P. (2013) New wrinkles on genetic control of the MBT.Curr. Biol.23: R65-R67. PMID 23347940
102. Gkogkas, C. G., Khoutorsky, A., Ran, I., Rampakakis, E., Nevarko, T., Weatherill, D. B., Vasuta, C., Yee, S., Paul, D., Truitt, M., Major, F., Lasko, P., Ruggero, D., Nader, K., Lacaille, J.-C., and Sonenberg, N. (2013) Autism-related defects via dysregulated eIF4E-dependent translational control. Nature 493: 371-377. PMID 23172145
101. Hernández, G., Han, H., Gandin, V., Fabian, L., Ferreira, T., Zuberek, J., Sonenberg, N., Brill, J. A., and Lasko, P. (2012) Eukaryotic initiation factor 4E-3 is essential for meiotic chromosome segregation, cytokinesis, and male fertility in Drosophila. Development 139: 3211-3220. PMID 22833128
100.Lasko, P. (2012) mRNA localization and translational control in Drosophila oogenesis. Cold Spring Harb. Perspect. Biol.4(10): a012294. PMID 22865893
99. Tettweiler, G., Kowanda, M., Lasko, P., Sonenberg, N., and Hernández, G. (2012) The distribution of eIF4E-family members across Insecta. Comp. Func. Genomics.2012: 960420 (15 pages). PMID 22745595
98. Gamberi, C. and Lasko, P. (2012) The Bic-C family of developmental translational regulators. Comp. Func. Genomics.2012: 141386 (23 pages). PMID 22611335
97. Kong, J. and Lasko. P. (2012) Translational control in cellular and developmental processes. Nature Rev. Genet.13: 383-394. PMID 22568971
96. Richter, J. and Lasko, P. (2011) Translational control in oocyte development. Cold Spring Harb. Perspect. Biol.3(9): a002758. PMID 21690213
95. Parsyan, A., Svitkin, Y., Shahbazian, D., Gkogkas, C., Lasko, P., Merrick, W., and Sonenberg, N. (2011) mRNA helicases—the tacticians of translational control. Nature Rev. Mol. Cell Biol 12: 235-245. PMID 21427765
94.Lasko, P. (2011) Post-transcriptional regulation in Drosophila oocytes and early embryos. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews2: 408-416. PMID 21957026
93.Lasko, P. (2010) Tudor domain. Curr. Biol. 20: R666-R667. PMID 20728048
92. Kugler, J.-M., Lem, C., and Lasko, P. (2010) Reduced cul-5activity causes aberrant follicular morphogenesis and germ cell loss in Drosophila. PLoS ONE5(2): e9048. PMID 20140218
91. Kugler, J.-M., Woo, J.-S., Oh, B.-H., and Lasko, P. (2010) Competitive regulation of Drosophila Vasa in vivo through paralogous Cullin-RING E3 ligase specificity receptors. Mol. Cell. Biol.30: 1769-1782. PMID 20123973
90. Kirino, Y., Vourekas, A., Sayed, N., de Lima Alves, F., Thomson, T., Lasko, P., Rappsilber, J., Jongens, T. A., and Mourelatos, Z. (2010) Arginine methylation of Aubergine mediates Tudor binding and germ plasm localization. RNA16: 70-78. PMID 19926723
89. Hernández, G., Altmann, M., and Lasko, P. (2010) The origins and evolution of the mechanisms regulating translation initiation in eukaryotes. Trends Biochem.35: 63-73. PMID 19926289
88. Liu, N., Han, H., and Lasko, P. (2009) Vasa promotes Drosophilagerm line stem cell differentiation by activating mei-P26translation through a direct interaction with a U-rich motif in its 3’ UTR. Genes Dev.23: 2742-2752. PMID 19952109
87. Kilfoil, M., Lasko, P., and Abouheif, E. (2009) Stochastic variation: from single cells to superorganisms. HFSP J. 3: 379-385. PMID 20514130
86. Lasko, P. (2009) Translational control during early development. In Translational Control in Health and Disease. (Hershey, J. W., ed.), vol. 90 of Progress in Molecular Biology and Translational Science. Burlington: Academic Press, p. 211-254. PMID 20374743
85. Maurizil, M., Cavaliere, V., Gamberi, C., Lasko, P., Gargiulo, G., and Taddei, C. (2009) Vasa protein is localized in the germ cells and in the oocyte associated pyriform follicle cells during early oogenesis in the lizard Podarcis sicula. Dev. Genes Evol.219: 361-367. PMID 19609556
84. Pare, J. M., Tahbaz, N., LaPointe, P., Lasko, P., and Hobman, T. C. (2009) Hsp90 regulates the function of Argonaute proteins and their recruitment to stress granules and P-bodies. Mol. Biol. Cell20: 3273-3284. PMID 19458189
83. Moore, J., Han, H., and Lasko, P. (2009) Bruno negatively regulates germ cell-lessexpression in a BRE-independent manner. Mech. Dev. 126: 503-516. PMID 19393317
82. Moore, J. and Lasko, P. (2009) Breaking the A chain: regulating mRNAs in development through CCR4 deadenylase. F1000 Biology Reports1: 20. PMID 20948665
81. Kugler, J.-M. and Lasko, P. (2009) Localization, anchoring, and translational control of oskar, gurken, bicoid, and nanosmRNA during Drosophila oogenesis. Fly3: 15-28. PMID 19182536
80.Solana, J., Lasko, P., and Romero, R. (2009) Spoltud-1is a chromatoid body component required for planarian long-term stem cell self-renewal. Dev. Biol.328: 410-421. PMID 19389344
79.Kugler, J.M., Chicoine, J., and Lasko, P. (2009) Bicaudal-C associates with a Trailer Hitch/Me31B complex and is required for efficient Gurken secretion. Dev. Biol.328: 160-172.PMID 19389362
78. Moore, J. and Lasko, P. (2009) Translational control in invertebrate development. In Handbook of Cell Signaling(ed. N. Sonenberg; Academic Press, New York), pp. 2323-2328.
77. Stein, D. and Lasko, P. (2008) The 30thAnniversary Crete Fly Meeting: from individual molecules to 12 genomes, and beyond. Fly2: 326-333. PMID 19098434
76. Dansereau, D. A., and Lasko, P. (2008) RanBPM regulates cell shape, arrangement and capacity of the female germline stem cell niche in Drosophila melanogaster. J. Cell Biol. 182: 963-977. PMID 18762575
75. Thomson, T., Liu, N., Arkov, A., Lehmann, R., and Lasko, P. (2008) Isolation of new polar granule components in Drosophilareveals P body and ER associated proteins. Mech. Dev.125: 865-873. PMID 18590813
74. Hanyu-Nakamura, K., Sonobe, H., Tanigawa, A., Lasko, P., and Nakamura, A. (2008) Drosophila PGC protein inhibits p-TEFb recruitment to chromatin in primordial germ cells. Nature451: 730-733. PMID 18200011
73. Dansereau, D. A. and Lasko, P. (2008) The development of germline stem cells in Drosophila. In: Hou, S. X. and Singh, S. R. (eds.) Methods in Molecular Biology, volume 450, Germline Stem Cells. Totowa, NJ: Humana Press, p. 3- 26. PMID 18370048
72.Lasko, P. (2007) The Genetics Society of Canada takes a flight with Drosophilato celebrate its 50thyear. Fly1: 303-304. PMID 19098434
71.Chicoine, J., Benoit, P., Gamberi, C., Paliouras, M., Simonelig, M., and Lasko, P. (2007) Bicaudal-C recruits CCR4-NOT deadenylase to target mRNAs and regulates oogenesis, cytoskeletal organization, and its own expression. Developmental Cell13: 691-704. PMID 17981137
70. Levitin, A., Laforest, M. J., Tettweiler, G., Oberholzer, U., Marcil, A., Alarco, A.-M., Thomas, D. Y., Lasko, P., and Whiteway, M. (2007) Drosophila melanogasterThor and response to Candida albicansinfection. Eukaryotic Cell6: 658-663. PMID 17277170
69.Lasko, P. and Sonenberg, N. (2007) Coordinated transcriptional and translational control in metabolic homeostasis in flies. Genes Dev. 21: 235-237. PMID 17289913
68. Tettweiler, G. and Lasko, P. (2007) Investigating translation initiation using Drosophila molecular genetics. Meth. Enzymol. 429: 227-242. PMID 17913626
67. Levine, S. L., Sunday, S., Dörig, R. E., Suter, B., and Lasko, P. (2007) Genetic maps of the proximal half of chromosome arm 2L of Drosophila melanogaster. Genome50: 137-141. PMID 17546078
66. Cho, P., Gamberi, C., Cho-Park, Y. A., Cho-Park, I. B., Lasko, P., and Sonenberg, N. (2006) Cap-dependent translational inhibition establishes two opposing morphogen gradients in the Drosophilaembryo. Curr. Biol. 16: 2035-2041. PMID 17055983
65. Tettweiler, G. and Lasko, P. (2006) A new model for translational regulation of specific mRNAs. Trends Biochem. Sci. 31: 607-610. PMID 17015016
64. Xing, Y., Gosden, R., Lasko, P., and Clarke, H. (2006) Murine homologues of the Drosophila gustavusgene are expressed in ovarian granulosa cells. Reproduction 131: 905-915. PMID 16672355
63. Linder, P. and Lasko, P. (2006) Bent out of shape: RNA unwinding by the DEAD-box helicase Vasa. Cell125: 219-221. PMID 16630807
62.Gamberi, C., Johnstone, O., and Lasko, P. (2006) DrosophilaRNA binding proteins. Int. Rev. Cytol.248: 43-139.PMID 16487790
61.Lasko, P., Cho, P., Poulin, F., and Sonenberg, N. (2005) Contrasting mechanisms of regulating translation of specific Drosophilagerm line mRNAs at the level of 5’ cap structure binding. Biochem. Soc. Trans.33: 1544-1546. PMID 16246166
60. Tettweiler, G., Miron, M., Jenkins, M., Sonenberg, N., and Lasko, P. (2005) Starvation and oxidative stress resistance in Drosophilaare mediated through eIF4E-binding protein. Genes Dev. 19: 1840-1843. PMID 16055649
59. Thomson, T. and Lasko, P. (2005) Tudor and its domains: germ cell formation from a Tudor perspective. Cell Research15: 281-291. PMID 15857583
58. Cho, P., Poulin, F., Cho-Park, Y. A., Cho-Park, I. B., Chicoine, J. D., Lasko, P. and Sonenberg, N. (2005) A new paradigm for translational control: inhibition of caudalvia 5’-3’ tethering by Bicoid and the eIF4E cognate 4EHP. Cell121: 411-423. PMID 15882623
57. Johnstone, O., Deuring, R., Bock, R., Linder, P., Fuller, M., and Lasko, P. (2005) Belle is a DrosophilaDEAD-box protein required for viability and in the germ line. Dev. Biol.277: 92-101. PMID 15572142
56. Dansereau, D. A., McKearin, D., and Lasko, P. (2005) Oogenesis. In Gilbert, L., Gill, S., and Iatrou, K. (eds.) Comprehensive Insect Physiology, Biochemistry, Pharmacology and Molecular Biology (Elsevier Press: Amsterdam), p. 39-85.
55. Thomson, T. and Lasko, P. (2004)Drosophila tudor is essential for polar granule assembly and pole cell specification, but not for posterior patterning. Genesis40: 164-170. PMID 15495201
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