Fig. 3. Effects of altered ligand expression on receptor dimerisation. Expression
of UAS-dome
and UAS-dome
(abbreviated as UAS-ßß in the Fig.) was induced by da-Gal4.
X-gal stainings show patterns of receptor dimerisation. (A-B) Embryos in which
ectopic ligand expression has been induced using UAS-upd do not show
ectopic X-gal staining (compare with Fig.
2B,D). (C-D) Patterns of X-gal staining are not affected in
embryos deficient for upd. (E-F) Expression of a dominant negative
receptor does not affect patterns of dimerisation.