Jakub Novak should be included in the author byline instead of the Acknowledgments. He should be the fourth author, and his affiliation is: Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics (MPI-CBG), Dresden, Germany

The correct citation is: Millonigg S, Minasaki R, Nousch M, Novak J, Eckmann CR (2014) GLD-4-Mediated Translational Activation Regulates the Size of the Proliferative Germ Cell Pool in the Adult C. elegans Germ Line. PLoS Genet 10(9): e1004647. doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1004647

The correct author contributions are:

Conceived and designed the experiments: SM CRE. Performed the experiments: SM RM JN MN CRE. Analyzed the data: SM RM MN CRE. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SM RM MN CRE. Wrote the manuscript: SM CRE.

The correct Acknowledgments are: We are thankful to Jane Wright and Rafal Ciosk (FMI) for generously providing the transgenic lines; David Rudel, Sarah Crittenden, Carrie Cowan, and Eli Knust for critically reading the manuscript; Mark Schmid and Agata Rybarska for initial strain analysis; Carrie Cowan for the cye-1(RNAi) construct; the MPI-CBG antibody and protein expression facilities for antisera and technical support concerning gradient fractionations, respectively; Judith Kimble and Verena Jantsch-Plunger for antibodies; the CGC nematode stock center for providing strains.

The authors confirm that the addition of this co-author does not affect the competing interest statement or funding statement.