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Published in final edited form as: Curr Biol. 2008 Dec 24;19(1):72–77. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2008.11.066

Table 1. RNAs localized to germ plasm.

Column 1 lists RNAs localized to germ plasm. Column 2 shows the function of these localized RNAs. Column 3 shows RNAs that were localized to the germ plasm by performing in situ hybridization (data not shown) and databases used to identify RNAs localized to germ plasm. Column 4 shows RNAs that form RNA islands similar to those described for nanos RNA [48]. Islands of germ plasm form when nuclei migrate into the germ plasm at nuclear cycle 9; RNA island formation is a characteristic feature of germ plasm localized RNAs. Column 5 lists 3′UTRs sufficiency to localize reporter construct to the germ plasm (see also Supplementary Figure 1).

RNA	Function	Germ plasm^#	RNA islands^#	3′UTR Sufficiency	References
nos	Translational control	+	+	+	[45]
bruno	Translational control	+	+	+	This study
pgc	Transcriptional silencing	+	+	+	This study
gcl	Germ cell formation	+	+	+	This study
CG5292	RNA binding^*	+	+	+	This study
sra	Ca²⁺ signaling	+	+	+	This study
CG18446	Zinc ion binding^*	+	+	+	This study
CG2774	Endocytosis^*	+	+	+	This study
cyclin B	Cell Cycle	+	+	+	[46]
orb	Translational control	+	+	+	This Study, [20]
rapgap1	GTPase	+	+	ND	[47]

Predicted function

ND: Not determined

Localization Data from BDGP [11] or Lecuyer et al. [10] confirmed in this study.