Table 2.

Suppression of the precocious alae phenotype of lin-14 and lin-28 mutants by rbm-28 (RNAi). The indicated worm strains were cultured at 25°C on vector control (white rows) or rbm-28 (RNAi) (gray rows) and scored for alae formation (incomplete refers to non-contiguous alae ridges due to variable seam cell differentiation) at the L4 stage based on gonad development.

Strain scored at L4 stage based on size and gonad development	No alae	Incomplete alae	Full alae
N2 (n=17)	100%	0%	0%
N2; rbm-28 RNAi (n=11)	100%	0%	0%
lin-14(n179) (n=13)	15%	54%	31%
lin-14(n179); rbm-28 RNAi (n=13)	86%	7%	7%
lin-14(n179);lin-4(e912) (n=16)	100%	0%	0%
lin-14(n179);lin-4(e912); rbm-28 RNAi (n=10)	90%	10%	0%
lin-4(e912) (n=15)	100%	0%	0%
lin-4(e912); rbm-28 RNAi (n=8)	100%	0%	0%
lin-28(n719) (n=18)	28%	22%	50%
lin-28(n719); rbm-28 RNAi (n=12)	100%	0%	0%