Publications
Takada, S., Kwak, S., Koppetsch, B.S. and Theurkauf, W.E (2007) grp (chk1) replication-checkpoint mutations and DNA damage trigger a Chk2-dependent block at the Drosophila midblastula transition. Dev 134, 1737-1744.
Klattenhoff, C., Bratu, D.P., McGinnis-Schultz, N., Koppetsch, B.S., Cook, H.A. and Theurkauf, W.E. (2007) Drosophila rasiRNA pathway mutations disrupt embryonic axis specification through activation of an ATR/Chk2 DNA damage response. Dev Cell 12, 45-55.
Forstemann, K., Tomari, Y., Du,T., Vagin, V.V., Denli, A.M., Bratu, D.P., Klattenhoff, C., Theurkauf, W.E. and Zamore, P.D. (2005) Normal microRNA maturation and germ-line stem cell maintenance requires Loquacious, a double-stranded RNA-binding domain protein. PLOS Bio. 3, 1187-1201.
Serbus, L.R., Cha, B.J., Theurkauf, W.E. and Saxton, W.M. (2005) Dynein and the actin cytoskeleton control kinesin-driven cytoplasmic streaming in Drosophila oocytes. Dev. 132, 3743-3752.
Cook, H.A., Koppetsch, B.S., Wu, J. and Theurkauf, W.E. (2004) The Drosophila SDE3 homolog armitage is required for oskar mRNA silencing and embryonic axis specification. Cell 116, 817-829.
Tomari, Y., Du, T., Haley, B., Schwarz, D.S., Bennett, R., Cook, H.A., Koppetsch, B.S., Theurkauf, W.E. and Zamore, P.D. (2004) RISC assembly defects in the Drosophila RNAi mutant armitage. Cell 116, 831-841.
Arn, E.A., Cha, b. J., Theurkauf, W. E. and Macdonald, P.M. (2003) Recognition of a bicoid mRNA localization signal by a protein complex containing Swallow, Nod and RNA binding proteins. Dev. Cell 4, 41-51.
Takada, S., Kelkar, A. and Theurkauf, W.E. (2003) Drosophila Checkpoint Kinase 2 couples centrosome function and spindle assembly to genomic integrity. Cell 113, 87-99.
Cha, B.J., Serbus, L.R., Koppetsch, B.S. and Theurkauf, W.E. (2002) Kinesin I-dependent cortical exclusion restricts pole plasm to the oocyte posterior. Nature Cell Bio. 4, 592-598.
Cha, B. J., Koppetsch, B.S., and Theurkauf, W.E. (2001) In vivo analysis of Drosophila bicoid mRNA localization reveals a novel microtubule-dependent axis specification pathway. Cell 106, 35-46.
Stevenson, V.A., Kramer, J., Kuhn, J. and Theurkauf, W.E. (2001) Centrosomes and the Scrambled protein coordinate microtubule-independent actin reorganization. Nat. Cell. Bio. 3, 68-76.
W.E. Theurkauf (2001) TACCing down the spindle poles. Nat. Cell Bio. 3, E159-E161.