Table1.

The transcripts documented for targeting by the Nanos/Pumilio complex for translational repression. The name of the transcript is presented on the left column, the name of the species in which the mechanism was discovered is indicated in parenthesis. The corresponding cellular function of these transcripts is presented on the right.

Nanos/Pumilio targets	Functions
hunchback (Drosophila)	Establishment of the anterior-posterior body axis
cyclin B (Drosophila)	Cell cycle
hid (Drosophila)	Apoptosis
vegT (Xenopus)	Endoderm formation, Mesoderm induction
fem-3 (C.elegans)	Switch from sperm to oocyte