Fig. 5. Her5 activity does not control MH regional patterning. Whole-mount in situ
hybridization at the 3-somite (E-H), 5-somite (A-C), and 24 hpf (D) stages for
the expression of patterning and neurogenesis markers, as indicated (bottom
left, color coded), following up- or down-regulation of Her5 activity. All
panels are dorsal views of whole-mount (E-G) or flat-mounted (A-D,H) embryos,
anterior to the top; arrows point to the MH junction. (A-D) MH
patterning is not altered in transgenic hsp-her5 embryos (right in
each panel) compared to non-transgenic siblings (left) by heat-shock during
late gastrulation (A-C) or by repetitive heat-shocks (D). (E-G) MH patterning
also remains unaltered in MOher5-injected embryos (right in each
panel) compared to controls (left). (H) Co-expression of ngn1 and
pax2.1 (see also fluorescent view, inset) across the MHB in a single
embryo upon MOher5 injection demonstrates that neurogenesis and
patterning can be uncoupled by Her5 activity.