Fig. 4. Expression of egl-18/elt-6::GFP. (A-C) Expression of pKK63
containing an
800 bp enhancer and a basal promoter. (A) L2 larva, in
which all VPCs (P3.p-P8.p) show approximately equal levels of GFP expression
(arrows). All six VC neurons show GFP expression, although not all are visible
in this focal plane. Arrowhead indicate a VC neuron. (B) L3 larva shortly
before VPC divisions, showing stronger GFP expression in P5.p-P7.p cells than
in P4.p and P8.p. (C) L3 larva after the first VPC cell divisions. Daughters
of P6.p show higher GFP expression than daughters of P5.p and P7.p. GFP
expression is not detectable in P4.px and P8.px cells. (D) Early-L3 larva
showing expression of an elt-6 transcriptional fusion pKK41 in
P5.p-P7.p cells. pKK41 contains
8 kb of genomic sequence upstream of the
elt-6 ATG, including the
800 bp enhancer in pKK63
(Koh and Rothman, 2001).