Protein gurken; Critical for defining the anterior-posterior and dorsal- ventral axes of the egg. May signal directly to dorsal follicle cells through the receptor torpedo (top). During oogenesis this signaling pathway instructs follicle cells to follow a dorsal pathway of development rather than the default ventral pathway.

Polyadenylate-binding protein; Binds the poly(A) tail of mRNA. Since it interacts with the cap-associating translation initiation factor eIF4G, it is likely that it functions by linking Atx2 to the cap-binding complex. Forms a complex with tyf and Atx2 which functions in adult circadian pacemaker neurons to sustain circadian rhythms likely by switching between activator and repressor modes of post-transcriptional regulation via interaction with Lsm12a or me31B, respectively. The activator complex (Atx2-tyf activator complex) activates the TYF-dependent translation of per to maintain 24 [...]

Nuclear polyadenosine RNA-binding 2 (Nab2) encodes a zinc-finger polyadenosine RNA binding protein that is expressed widely in many cell types but required specifically within the developing nervous system for proper behavior and axonogenesis. The product of Nab2 in supports in neurons short term memory and development of the brain mushroom bodies.

Protein ovarian tumor locus; Essential for female fertility; germ cell division and differentiation.

Maternal effect protein oskar; Organizes the germ plasm and directs localization of the posterior determinant nanos. Oskar protein is required to keep nos RNA and staufen protein at the posterior pole.

Cleavage stimulation factor 64 kD subunit (CstF64) encodes an RNA-binding protein that is part of the cleavage stimulation factor (CstF) complex. As part of the CstF complex, it interacts with the polyadenylation protein encoded bysu(f). The product of CstF64 is necessary for the cleavage and polyadenylation of most mRNAs and for 3' end processing of mRNAs that encode the replication-dependent histones.

Glorund, isoform A; Glorund (glo) encodes a hnRNP F/H family RNA-binding protein that binds directly to nos mRNA and regulates its translation during late stages of oogenesis. The functions of the product of glo include nurse cell nuclear chromatin organization, axis patterning as well as being required for viability to adulthood.

Upstream of N-ras (Unr) encodes an RNA binding protein that functions as an RNA chaperone and translation regulator. It performs opposing, sex-specific, roles in X-chromosome dosage compensation by regulating lncRNA:roX2 RNA conformation in males and msl-2 mRNA translation in females.

Poly(U)-binding-splicing factor half pint; Splicing factor that regulates oogenesis and controls both mitosis and mRNA localization in the germline by regulating mRNA splicing of a subset of genes within the ovary. Probably acts by regulating the alternative splice site selection of the otu transcript. Also regulates the alternative splicing of eIF4E1 and grk, while it is not involved in the splicing of par-1, sqd and psq. Belongs to the RRM half pint family.