Fig. 3. Nodal and Pitx2 expression in wild-type and
Sufu-/- mouse embryos. (A,B) Whole-mount RNA in situ using
a digoxigenin-labeled Nodal riboprobe on 7.5 dpc embryos shows
Nodal expression in the region of the node in a wild-type embryo (A)
and marked expansion of the region of Nodal expression in a
Sufu-/- embryo (B). (C,D) Whole-mount in situ
hybridization using a Pitx2 digoxigenin-labeled riboprobe on 8.5 dpc
embryos (posterior views) shows Pitx2 expression in the head folds
and left lateral plate mesoderm in a wild-type embryo (C); Pitx2
expression is absent in the left lateral plate mesoderm of a
Sufu-/- embryo (D).