Fig. 2. Expression of full-length and CtBP-independent regions of the Knirps
transcriptional repressor in transgenic Drosophila. (A) Structure of
proteins expressed from hsp70 promoter: 1-429, full-length Knirps
protein; 75-429, non-DNA binding control protein; 1-330, CtBP-independent
Knirps repression domain; 75-330, non-DNA binding control protein. (B) In situ
analysis of expression of knirps mRNA produced from
hsp70-knirps transgene before and after heatshock. (C) (Top) Proteins
expressed from representative lines of the four constructs measured by western
blot. M2
-FLAG antibody was used to detect recombinant proteins. Lines
shown in lanes 2 and 4 were used in subsequent experiments. Lane 8, non heat
shock control. (Bottom) Coomassie blue stained gel illustrates equal
loading.