Maine, E.M. (2008) Studying gene function in Caenorhabditis elegans using RNA-mediated interference. Briefings in Functional Genomics and Proteomics, in press.

Liu, Y., and E.M. Maine (2007) The Bro1-domain protein, EGO-2, promotes Notch signaling in Caenorhabditis elegans.  Genetics 177, 2265-2277. [PDF]

Yu, X., V.E. Vought, B. Conradt, and E.M. Maine (2006) Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 5B activity regulates larval growth rate and germline development in Caenorhabditis elegans. genesis 44, 412-418.[PDF]

Maine, E.M., J. Hauth, T. Ratliff, V.E. Vought, X. She, and W.G. Kelly (2005).  EGO-1, a putative RNA-dependent RNA polymerase, is required for heterochromatin assembly on unpaired chromosomes during C. elegans meiosis. Current Biology, 15, 1972-1978. [PDF]
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Vought,V.E., M. Ohmachi, M-H. Lee, and E.M. Maine (2005) EGO-1, a putative RNA-directed RNA polymerase, promotes germline proliferation in parallel with GLP-1/Notch signaling and regulates the spatial organization of nuclear pore complexes and germline P granules in C. elegans. Genetics, 170, 1121-1132. [PDF]

Maine, E.M., D. Hansen, D. Springer, and V.E. Vought (2004) C. elegans atx-2 promotes germline proliferation and the oocyte fate.  Genetics 168, 817-830. [PDF]

Maine, E. M. (2001) RNAi as a tool for understanding germline development in Caenorhabditis elegans: Uses and cautions. Developmental Biology 239, 177-189. [PDF]

Maine, E. M. (2001) Oogenesis in C. elegans. In The Encyclopedia of Genetics, S. Brenner and G. Miller, Eds., pp. 1373-1374. London: Academic Press. [PDF]

Maine, E.M., V. E. Vought, and J. Wasilenko (2001) C. elegans ego-1 functions in germline development and RNAi. Developmental Biology 235, 173.

Smardon, A., J. M. Spoerke, S. C. Stacey, M. E. Klein, N. Mackin, and E. M. Maine (2000) EGO-1 is related to RNA-directed RNA polymerase and functions in germline development and RNA interference in C. elegans. Current Biology 10, 169-178. [PDF]

Maine, E. M. (2000) A conserved mechanism for posttranscriptional gene silencing? Genome Biology 1, 1018.1-4. [PDF]

Qiao, L., J. L. Lissemore, P. Shu, A. Smardon, M. Gelber, and E. M. Maine (1995) Enhancers of glp-1, a gene required for cell-signaling in C. elegans, define a set of genes required for germline development. Genetics 141, 551-569. [PDF]

Maine, E. M., J. L. Lissemore, and W. T. Starmer (1995) A phylogenetic analysis of vertebrate and invertebrate Notch-related genes. Mol Phylogenetics and Evol 4, 139-149. [PDF]

Francis, R., E. Maine, and T. Schedl (1995) Analysis of the multiple roles of gld-1 in germline development: Interactions with the sex determination cascade and the glp-1 signaling pathway. Genetics 139, 607-630. [PDF]

Maine, E. M. (1995) What makes germ cells so special? Review of Germline Development, Ciba Foundation Symposium Vol. 182. Trends in Genetics 11, 32-33.

Lissemore, J. L., P. D. Currie, C. M. Turk, and E.M. Maine (1993) Intragenic dominant suppressors of glp-1, a gene essential for cell-signaling in C. elegans, support a role for cdc10/SWI6/ankyrin motifs in GLP-1 function. Genetics 135, 1023-1034. [PDF]

Maine, E. M., and J. Kimble (1993) Suppressors of glp-1, a gene required for cell communication during development in Caenorhabditis elegans, define a set of interacting genes. Genetics 135, 1011-1022. [PDF]

Kodoyianni, V., E. M. Maine, and J. Kimble (1992) The molecular basis of loss-of-function mutations in the glp-1 gene of C. elegans. Mol Biol Cell 3, 1199-1213. [PDF]

Maine, E. M. (1991) Cell-signaling events regulate vulval development in the nematode, Caenorhabditis elegans. Sem Devl Biol 2, 295-304.

Mango, S. E., E. M. Maine, and J. Kimble (1991) Carboxy-terminal truncation activates glp-1 protein to specify vulval fates in Caenorhabditis elegans. Nature 352, 811-815. [PDF]

Maine, E. M., and J. Kimble (1990) Genetic control of cell communication in C.elegans development. Bioessays 12, 265-271.

Austin, J., E. Maine, and J. Kimble (1989) Genetics of intercellular signalling in C. elegans. In The Molecular Basis of Positional Signalling, Development 1989 Supplement, 53-57.

Maine, E. M. and J. Kimble (1989) Identification of genes that interact with glp-1, a gene required for inductive cell interactions in Caenorhabditis elegans. Development 106, 133-143.

Salz, H. K., E. M. Maine, L. N. Keyes, M. A. Samuels, T. W. Cline, and P. Schedl (1989) The Drosophila female-specific sex determination gene, Sex-lethal, has stage-, tissue-, and sex-specific RNAs suggesting multiple modes of regulation. Genes and Development 3, 708-719.

Bell, L. R., E. M. Maine, P. Schedl, and T. W. Cline (1988) Sex-lethal, a Drosophila sex determination switch gene, exhibits sex-specific RNA splicing and sequence similarity to RNA binding proteins. Cell 55, 1037-1046.

Maine, E. M., H. K. Salz, T. W. Cline, and P. Schedl (1985) The Sex-lethal gene of Drosophila: DNA alterations associated with sex-specific lethal mutations. Cell 43, 521-529.

Maine, E. M., H. K. Salz, P. Schedl, and T. W. Cline (1985) Sex-lethal, a link between sex determination and sexual differentiation in Drosophila melanogaster. Cold Spring Harbor Symp Quant Biol 50, 595-603.

Udvardy, A., E. Maine, and P. Schedl (1985) The 87A7 chromomere: Identification of novel chromatin structures flanking the heat shock locus which may define the boundaries of higher order domains. J Mol Biol 185, 341-358.