Publications

Liu, M, TM Lim and Y Cai: The Drosophila Female Germline Stem Cell Lineage Acts to Spatially Restrict DPP Function Within the Niche. Science Signaling. 3(132): ra57 (2010).
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Tao, S, Y Cai and K Sampath: The Integrator subunits function in hematopoiesis by modulating Smad/BMP signaling. Development. 136(16): 2757-2765 (2009).

Wang, L, Z Li and Y Cai: The JAK/STAT pathway positively regulates DPP signaling in the Drosophila germline stem cell niche. The Journal of Cell Biology. 180(4): 721-728 (2008).

Li, Z, L Wang, TS Hays and Y Cai: Dynein-mediated apical localization of crumbs transcripts is required for Crumbs activity in epithelial polarity. The Journal of Cell Biology 180(1): 31-38 (2008).

Wang, H, Y Cai, W Chia and X Yang: Drosophila homologs of mammalian TNF/TNFR-related molecules regulate segregation of Miranda/Prospero in neuroblasts. The EMBO Journal. 25(24): 5783-5793 (2006).

Cai Y: Oocyte Maintenance Defects desensitizes germline cells outside the stem cell niche to Dpp signaling in the Drosophila germarium (submitted).

Babu K, Cai Y, Bahri S, Yang X, Chia W: Roles of Bifocal, Homer, and F-actin in anchoring Oskar to the posterior cortex of Drosophila oocytes. Genes Dev. 18(2): 138-43 (2004).

Irion U, Leptin M, Siller K, Fuerstengerg S, Cai Y, Doe CQ, Chia W, Yang X: Abstrakt, a DEAD box protein, regulates Insc levels and asymmetric division of neural and mesodermal progenitors. Curr Biol. 14(2): 138-44 (2004).

Yu F, Cai Y, Kaushik R, Yang X, Chia W: Distinct roles of Galphai and Gbeta13F subunits of the heterotrimeric G protein complex in the mediation of Drosophila neuroblast asymmetric divisions. J Cell Biol 162(4): 623-33 (2003).

Cai Y, Yu F, Lin S, Chia W, Yang X: Apical complex genes control mitotic spindle geometry and relative size of daughter cells in Drosophila neuroblast and pI asymmetric divisions. Cell. 112(1): 51-62 (2003). [“Editors’ Choice: Highlights of the recent literature”. Science, Volume 299, Number 5606 Issue of 24, January 2003]

Rath P, Lin S, Udolph G, Cai Y, Yang X, Chia W: nscuteable-independent apicobasally oriented asymmetric divisions in the Drosophila embryonic CNS. EMBO Rep. 3(7): 660-5 (2002).

Chia W, Cai Y, Morin X, Tio M, Udolph G, Yu F, Yang X: he cell cycle machinery and asymmetric cell division of neural progenitors in the Drosophila embryonic central nervous system. Novartis Found Symp. 237:139-51; discussion 151-63 (2001).

Cai Y, Chia W, Yang X: family of snail-related zinc finger proteins regulates two distinct and parallel mechanisms that mediate Drosophila neuroblast asymmetric divisions. EMBO J. 20(7): 1704-14 (2001).

Yu F, Morin X, Cai Y, Yang X, Chia W: Analysis of partner of inscuteable, a novel player of Drosophila asymmetric divisions, reveals two distinct steps in inscuteable apical localization. Cell. 100(4): 399-409 (2000).

Li P, Yang X, Wasser M, Cai Y, Chia W: nscuteable and Staufen mediate asymmetric localization and segregation of prospero RNA during Drosophila neuroblast Cell divisions. Cell. 90(3): 437-47 (1997).