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Published in final edited form as: Methods. 2014 Jan 17;68(1):207–217. doi: 10.1016/j.ymeth.2014.01.005

Table 2.

Promoters useful for driving gene expression in oogenesis.

Expression	Promoter	Vectors	Reference
Off or low in germarium, very strong and uniform expression in vitellarium.	α-Tubulin at 67C	pCaTub67CMatpolyA	[136]
		D277 pCaTub67CMatpolyA	[136]
		D277Matg	[137]
Low to moderate levels throughout oogenesis; may taper in later stages.	ovarian tumor	pCOG	[138]
On in primordial germ cells, on in germarium, low in early stages, then high in late stages.	nanos		[139]
On in primordial germ cells. In adults, moderate and uniform expression throughout oogenesis.	vasa		[140]
Moderate expression in germline (stage 8 and later)	Heat shock protein 26	pGerm80	[141]
Moderate expression in germline (stage 8 and later)	Heat shock protein 26	pGerm90	[141]
Ubiquitous.	α-Tubulin at 84B		[69]
Ubiquitous.	Ubiquitin-63E	pWUM2	[142]
		pUp2-RHX poly-A	[143]
		pCasPeR-Ubi	[144]
Ubiquitous	spaghetti squash		[145] [146] [147]