(A) Abbreviated embryonic lineage showing the somatic (AB, EMS, C, and D) and germline (P) blastomeres. Green dots represent P granules. P4 is the founder cell of the germline. Dotted lines refer to …
Data used to generate Figure 1D.
(A) Anti-GFP western blot and autoradiograph of crosslinked anti-GFP immunoprecipitates separated by SDS-PAGE. The immunoprecipitates were 5’ end radiolabeled to visualize cross-linked protein:RNA …
Photomicrographs of 4 cell wild-type embryos hybridized with smFISH probes as indicated. Maximum Z projections of photomicrographs from at least 10 embryos were examined per probe set. Numbers in …
(A) Metagene analysis of the distribution of MEG-3::GFP iCLIP reads on the 657 MEG-3-bound transcripts (blue line) compared to GFP iCLIP (green line) reads. The peak 3’ to the STOP codon correspond …
Data used to generate Figure 2E.
Data used to generate Figure 2G.
(A) First pie chart shows distribution of MEG-3::GFP reads relative to different transcript types (total: 521,189 reads). Second pie chart shows distribution of MEG-3::GFP reads mapping to mRNAs …
(A) Box plot showing ribosome occupancy in wild-type embryos for all transcripts (15,345 loci), P-lineage enriched transcripts (1347 loci), P granule transcripts (492 loci), and P granule and …
Sequencing libraries were generated from wild type and meg-3 meg-4 embryonic lysates in triplicates for RNAseq (A) and ribosome profiling (B) experiments. The scatterplots illustrate correlation …
(A and B) Photomicrographs of embryos of indicated stages and genotypes and hybridized to fluorescent probes or antibodies to visualize nos-2 and Y51F10.2 transcripts and proteins. Embryos …
(A) Photomicrographs of P2 and P4 stage embryos hybridized with smFISH probes as indicated. Unlike nos-2 and Y51F10.2 shown in Figure 3, the transcripts shown here remain associated with P granules …
(A) Representative photomicrographs of condensates of MEG-3 and indicated RNA after incubation in condensation buffer. Reactions contained 500 nM MEG-3 and 20 ng/µL in vitro transcribed RNA. MEG-3 …
Data used to generate Figure 4B.
Data used to generate Figure 4C.
(A) Gel showing purified recombinant 6Xhis-tagged MEG-3 protein stained with SimplyBlue SafeStain. (B) Representative fluorescence (left panels) or DIC (right panels) photomicrographs of control …
(A) Representative photomicrograph of condensates of MEG-3 and nos-2 RNA after incubation in condensation buffer and imaged with a 100X objective. Scale bar is 5 µm. Reactions contained 500 nM MEG-3 …
(A) Representative photomicrographs of MEG-3 condensation reactions with indicated RNAs. 100–600 nt RNAs are fragments of nos-2 (Materials and methods). Reactions contained 500 nM MEG-3 and 20 ng/µL …
Data used to generate Figure 5B.
Data used to generate Figure 5D.
Data used to generate Figure 5F.
(A) Histograms of MEG-3 intensity (log10 scale) normalized to the total number of condensates/aggregates in each reaction assembled as in Figure 5A. Each histogram includes data from 12 images …
Reagent type (species) or resource | Designation | Source or reference | Identifiers | Additional information |
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Strain, strain background C. elegans | JH3503 | Smith et al., 2016 | meg-3(ax3054[meg-3::meGFP]) X. | |
Strain, strain background C. elegans | JH3269 | Putnam et al., 2019 | pgl-1(ax3122[pgl-1::GFP]) IV. | |
Strain, strain background C. elegans | JH3193 | Paix et al., 2014 | nos-2(ax2049[3xFLAG::nos-2]) II. | |
Strain, strain background C. elegans | JH3605 | This study | Y51F10.2(ax4319[Y51F10.2::OLLAS]) I | |
Strain, strain background C. elegans | EGD364 | Wu et al., 2019 | meg-3(egx4[meg-3::Halo]) X. | |
Strain, strain background C. elegans | JH3475 | Smith et al., 2016 | meg-3(ax3055) meg-4(ax3052) X | |
Strain, strain background C. elegans | WM527 | Shen et al., 2018 | prg-1(ne4523 [gfp::tev::flag::prg-1]) I | |
Strain, strain background C. elegans | JH3357 | Lee et al., 2017 | nos-2(ax3103[nos-2△]) II | |
Strain, strain background C. elegans | SS608 | Kawasaki et al., 2004 | pgl-3(bn103[pgl-3△]) V | |
Strain, strain background C. elegans | SX922 | Caenorhabditis Genetics Center | prg-1(n4357[prg-1△])I | |
Strain, strain background C. elegans | JH3229 | Wang et al., 2014 | meg-1(vr10) meg-3(tm4259)X | |
Strain, strain background C. elegans | JH3740 | This study | meg-3(ax3055) meg-4(ax3052) X; Y51F10.2(ok1610) I | |
Strain, strain background C. elegans | JH3743 | This study | nos-2(ax3130) II; Y51F10.2(ok1610) I | |
Strain, strain background C. elegans | JH3746 | This study | meg-3(ax3055) meg-4(ax3052) X; nos-2(ax3130) II. 100% sterile, no clone was maintained. | |
Strain, strain background C. elegans | JH1904 | This study | Unc-119(ed3) III; axls1374[Ppie1::GFP] | |
Strain, strain background C. elegans | JH2878 | Leacock and Reinke, 2008 | meg-1(vr10) X | |
Strain, strain background C. elegans | JH3562 | This study | meg-3(ax3054[MEG-3::meGFP]) X; K08F4.2 (ax5000[gtbp-1::tagRFP]) IV | |
Strain, strain background C. elegans | RB1413 | Caenorhabditis Genetics Center | Y51F10.2(ok161) I | |
Antibody | K76 | DSHB,PMID: 28787592 | RRID:AB_531836 | (1:15) |
Antibody | Anti-FLAG M2 | Sigma-Aldrich Cat# F3165 | RRID:AB_259529 | (1:200) |
Antibody | Donky-anti-mouse IgM 647 | Jackson ImmunoResearch Labs | RRID:AB_2340861 | (1:400) |
Antibody | Goat anti-Rabit IgG (H+L) 568 | Molecular probes cat# A-11011 | RRID:AB_143157 | (1:400) |
Antibody | Anti-OLLAS-L2 | Novus cat# NBP1-06713 | RRID:AB_1625979 | (1:200) |
Antibody | Anti-OLLAS | other | gift from Dr. Jeremy Nathans | |
Antibody | Anti-GFP | Rohe | RRID:AB_390913 | For conjugation |
Sequence-based reagent | oCYL1089: crRNA to cut Y51F10.2 at 3' end | This study | GTGCTCAAAATAGTAGGCGA | |
Sequence-based reagent | oCYL1143: repair oligo of Y51F10.2 C-ter Ollas tag (+) | This study | TCCAGCGCCAGCACCACCATTCGAC AACTCCGTCGCCTACTATTTTGGAGGAT CCGGAtccggattcgccaacGAGCTCggac cacgtctcatgggaaagGGAGGATCCGG AGAGCACCAATTTTGA gcttttatatttttttttctc | |
Sequence-based reagent | oCYL1144: repair oligo of Y51F10.2 C-ter Ollas tag (-) | This study | gagaaaaaaaaatataaaagc TCAAAATTGGTGCTCTCCGGATCCTC CctttcccatgagacgtggtccGAGCTCgtt ggcgaatccggaTCCGG ATCCTCCAAAAT AGTAGGCGACGGAGTTGTCGA ATGGTGGTGCTGGCGCTGGA | |
Sequence-based reagent | oCYL1096:5' PCR primer 333 bp up of Y51F10.2 TGA stop | This study | GTTTCCAGCCGCTTGACAAG | |
Sequence-based reagent | GTTTCCAGCCGCTTGACAAG | This study | CTGATCCTCCCCCTTCTTCG | |
Sequence-based reagent | oCYL1259:5' PCR primer contains T7 promoter for in vitro transcription of T19H12.2 mRNA. | This study | CATGATTACTAATACG ACTCACTATA GGGaccagctcacga aactaacaatg | |
Sequence-based reagent | oCYL1260:3' PCR primer at the end of T19H12.2 3UTR for T7 in vitro transcription | This study | gaaagcgaaagaaatttt attttacaggagg | |
Sequence-based reagent | oCYL1261:5' PCR primer contains T7 promoter for in vitro transcription of dao-5 mRNA including utr. | This study | catgattacTAATACGACT CACTATAGGG ggtacccctgatcgctATGAG | |
Sequence-based reagent | oCYL1262:3' PCR primer at the end of dao-5 3UTR for T7 in vitro transcription | This study | ggaccaaacattttatggat gagacaag | |
Sequence-based reagent | oCYL1263:5' PCR primer contains T7 promoter forin vitro transcription of hil-5 mRNA. | This study | catgattacTAATACGACT CACTATAGGG actatcacttttcaagtgtttgttcatcg | |
Sequence-based reagent | oCYL1264:3' PCR primer at the end of hil-5 3UTR for T7 in vitro transcription | This study | agaatctattaatggtttattggaa ggtatatttgttaaaatg | |
Sequence-based reagent | oCYL1265:5' PCR primer contains T7 promoter forin vitro transcription of pbs-7 mRNA including utr. | This study | catgattacTAATACGACT CACTATAGGG gcatttcattgtcgaaattcacttcctttc | |
Sequence-based reagent | oCYL1266:3' PCR primer at the end of pbs-7 3UTR for T7in vitro transcription | This study | agaaggattaaatggaag tttatttatcgacttc | |
Sequence-based reagent | oCYL1267:5' PCR primer contains T7 promoter for in vitro transcription of T07C4.3a mRNA including utr. | This study | catgattacTAATACGACT CACTATAGGG gtttgtgcactcactacgaaatctc | |
Sequence-based reagent | oCYL1268:3' PCR primer at the end of T07C4.3a 3UTR for T7 in vitro transcription | This study | catcaaaatattctttcatt taacaaaaacagaaacaac | |
Recombinant DNA reagent | plasmid: 6XHis-MEG-3 | Smith et al., 2016 | ||
Recombinant DNA reagent | plasmid: MBP-HIS-TEV-PGL-3 | Putnam et al., 2019 | ||
Chemical compound, drug | SYTO 14 | ThermoFisher Cat#S7572 | In vivo RNA labeling | |
Chemical compound, drug | Alexa Fluor 647 NHS Ester | ThermoFisher Cat#A37573 | protein labeling | |
Chemical compound, drug | DyLight 488 NHS Ester | ThermoFisher Cat#46403 | protein labeling | |
Chemical compound, drug | ChromaTide Alexa Fluor 488–5-UTP | ThermoFisher Cat#C11403 | RNA labeling | |
Chemical compound, drug | ChromaTide Alexa Fluor 546–14-UTP | ThermoFisher Cat#C11404 | RNA labeling | |
Recombinant DNA reagent | plasmid: cDNA of pbs-7 | this paper | pbs-7 cDNA, pUC19 vector | |
Recombinant DNA reagent | plasmid: cDNA of dao-5 | this paper | dao-5 cDNA, pUC19 vector | |
Recombinant DNA reagent | plasmid: cDNA of T19H12.2 | this paper | T19H12.2 cDNA, pUC19 vector | |
Recombinant DNA reagent | plasmid: cDNA of hil-5 | this paper | hil-5, pUC19 vector | |
Recombinant DNA reagent | plasmid: cDNA of Y51F10.2 | this paper | Y51F10.2 cDNA, PCR blunt II topo vector | |
Recombinant DNA reagent | plasmid: cDNA of nos-2 | this paper | nos-2 cDNA, PCR blunt II topo vector | |
Recombinant DNA reagent | plasmid: cDNA of skr-2 | this paper | skr-2 cDNA, PCR blunt II topo vector | |
Recombinant DNA reagent | plasmid: cDNA of R04D3.2 | this paper | R04D3.2 cDNA, PCR blunt II topo vector | |
Recombinant DNA reagent | plasmid: cDNA of C46A5.6 | this paper | C46A5.6 cDNA, PCR blunt II topo vector | |
Software, algorithm | DESeq2 | https://bioconductor.org/packages/release/bioc/html/DESeq2.html | RRID:SCR_015687 | |
Software, algorithm | hisat2 | DOI:10.1038/nprot.2016.095 | RRID:SCR_015530 | |
Software, algorithm | htseq-count | DOI:10.1093/bioinformatics/btu638 | RRID:SCR_011867 | |
Software, algorithm | cuffdiff | http://cole-trapnell-lab.github.io/cufflinks/ | RRID:SCR_001647 | |
Software, algorithm | Slidebook 6 | https://www.intelligent-imaging.com/slidebook | RRID:SCR_014300 | |
Software, algorithm | Deeptools | https://deeptools.readthedocs.io/en/develop/ | RRID:SCR_016366 | |
Software, algorithm | icount | https://github.com/tomazc/iCount | RRID:SCR_016712 | |
Software, algorithm | smatools | http://samtools.sourceforge.net/ | RRID:SCR_002105 | |
Software, algorithm | BEDTools | https://github.com/arq5x/bedtools2 | RRID:SCR_006646 | |
Software, algorithm | Galaxy | https://usegalaxy.eu/ | RRID:SCR_006281 | |
Software, algorithm | Rstusio | http://www.rstudio.com/ | RRID:SCR_000432 | |
Software, algorithm | STAR | https://github.com/alexdobin/STAR | RRID:SCR_015899 |
Gene list of MEG-3 bound transcripts, P granule transcripts and PGL-1 bound transcripts.
Ribosome footprint for P-blastomere enriched genes.
Differential gene expression analysis of wild type and meg-3meg-4 embryos.
Differential Translation analysis of wild type and meg-3meg-4 embryos.
Sequencing library information.
Read counts for iCLIP experiments.