Fig. 6. Analysis of endogenous Ldb1 protein levels. (A) XRnf12 downregulates
endogenous Ldb1 expression level in a RING-dependent manner. Animal caps were
dissected at the blastula stage (stage 8-9) from embryos injected with the
mRNAs (2 ng/embryo) indicated, and collected at the gastrula stage (stage 11).
Endogenous Ldb1 expression levels were analyzed by western blotting using
anti-Ldb1/CLIM2 (N-18) antibody. (B) Ldb1 does not exhibit dorsal-to-ventral
(DV) difference in protein expression levels as revealed by western blot
analysis. DMZ and VMZ explants dissected at the gastrula stage (stage 11) were
compared for Ldb1 expression using anti-Ldb1/CLIM2 (N-18) antibody. (C) Ldb1
is uniformly expressed in the bisected mid gastrula embryo as revealed by
immunostaining using anti-Ldb1/NLI antibody. Animal side is to the top, dorsal
to the right. Arrowhead indicates blastopore.