mRNA injection into worm gonad..?

Has anyone injected mRNAs (in vitro transcribed) into worms to produce transient generation of proteins in the gonad? We’re trying to do this for series of gfp- & NLS-tagged proteins but really need a +ve control to compare these against.

There are at least a couple of examples of expression of injected mRNAs (capped and polyadenylated in vitro) in the literature:

Evans et al. (1994) Cell 77(2):183-94. PMID: 8168128

Marin and Evans (2003) Development 130, 2623-2632 PMID: 12736207

Abby

Thanks Abby, I am looking to see if someone had expressed GFP mRNA rather than Lac Z!