FOG-1/CPEB and FOG-3/Tob are the terminal regulators of the sex determination in C. elegans germ cells. CPEB and Tob proteins are both translational regulators. To investigate how FOG-1 and FOG-3 regulate germ cell sex determination we sought to identify the target mRNAs. We used transgenic epitope tagged animals (3xMyc::FOG-1 and FOG-3::3xFLAG). To identify the mRNA targets of FOG-1/CPEB and FOG-3/Tob on a genome wide scale we used RNA immunoprecipitation followed by microarray analysis. We found 81 putative mRNA targets of FOG-1 and 722 putative targets of FOG-3. 76 target mRNAs were common to both FOG-1 and FOG-3.
Illumina Genome Analyzer II paired end sequencing; Illumina sequencing of C. elegans dauer entry daf-2(el370) sample 2 DauerEntryDAF2-2 polyA+ RNAseq random fragment library RW0001
Illumina Genome Analyzer II paired end sequencing; Illumina sequencing of C. elegans dauer exit daf-2(el370) sample 2 DauerExitDAF2-2 polyA+ RNAseq random fragment library RW0001
Illumina Genome Analyzer II paired end sequencing; Illumina sequencing of C. elegans dauer daf-2(el370) sample 2 DauerDAF2-2 polyA+ 76bp SE RNAseq random fragment library RW0001
Illumina HiSeq 2000 paired end sequencing; Illumina sequencing of C. elegans dauer daf-2(el370) sample 2-1 DauerDAF2-2-1 polyA+ 100bp PE RNAseq random fragment library RW0001