TABLE 1.

Examples of mRNAs isolated from invertebrate axons

mRNA	Species	Tissue	Reference
β-Actin	Squid	Giant axon	(Gioio et al. 1994)
CDCH	Snail	CNS	(Dirks et al. 1993)
Cytochrome oxidase   subunit 17	Squid	Photoreceptor presynaptic  terminals	(Gioio et al. 2001)
eEIF1α	Snail	Sensory neurons	(Giustetto et al. 2003)
ELH	Snail	CNS	(Lee et al. 2002)
Enolase	Squid	Giant axon	(Chun et al. 1996)
hsp70	Squid	Giant axon	(Gioio et al. 2001)
Kinesin	Squid	Giant axon	(Gioio et al. 1994)
MAPH1	Squid	Giant axon	(Chun et al. 1996)
Neurofilament	Squid	CNS	(Giuditta et al. 1991)
Neuropeptide	Snail	CNS	(Landry et al. 1992,  van Minnen 1994)
Sensorin A	Snail	Sensory neurons	(Hu et al. 2002,  Schacher et al. 1999)
Syntaxin	Snail	Sensory neurons	(Hu et al. 2003)
β-Tubulin	Squid	Giant axon	(Gioio et al. 1994)