Fig. 3. Analysis of potential cross-repressive interactions in the early
telencephalon. (A-H) Immunohistochemical analysis of Nkx2.1, Gsh2 and Pax6
expression on coronal sections in Pax6/
(Sey/Sey), Nkx2.1/ and
Gsh2/ mutant mice, respectively. Arrows mark
the ventral or dorsal limit of expression of each protein. (A,B) At 22
somites, when expression of Pax6 and Nkx2.1 form a distinct border, Nkx2.1
expression does not expand dorsally in Sey/Sey mutants. (C,D) At this
same stage, Pax6 expression also does not expand ventrally in
Nkx2.1/ mutants. (E,F) Between 26 and 30
somites, in Nkx2.1/ mutants, Gsh2 expression
in the lateral domain does not expand ventrally into the presumptive MGE
region. (G,H) Conversely, in Gsh2/ mutants
at 31-32 somites, Nkx2.1 expression remains restricted ventrally. Scale bars:
50 µm (A-H).