Fig. 3. CSN5 is required for dorsoventral patterning of the embryo. (A) In
wild-type embryos dpp RNA localizes to the dorsal side of the egg as
well as the two poles. (B) In eggs from CSN5 GLC mothers, the
dpp-expressing domain is often reduced, indicating that the embryo is
ventralized. (C) In rare, dorsalized embryos, dpp RNA extends around
the DV circumference. (D) In wild-type embryos, twi RNA is expressed
in the ventral mesoderm and at both poles. (E,F) twi RNA in embryos
derived from CSN5 germline mothers. (E) In ventralized embryos,
twi RNA is more broadly expressed ventrally and laterally. (F) In
rare, strongly dorsalized embryos, twi RNA fails to accumulate in the
mutant egg. (G) In wild-type embryos, rho RNA is expressed in
ventrolateral stripes and a dorsal midline stripe. (H) In weakly ventralized
eggs derived from CSN5 GLC mothers, the lateral stripe of
rho RNA was moved dorsally and the dorsal stripe was reduced. (I) In
dorsalized embryos rho RNA accumulates in stripes that are probably
derived from the dorsal stripe seen in wild-type embryos. Zygotic expression
patterns could not be analyzed in the substantial fraction of embryos that
were unfertilized or extremely fragile (see
Table 1).