Fig. 6. Repression of boundary markers by proneural genes and deltaA.
Expression at 24 hours of rfng (A-H) and foxb1.2
(fox, I-L) in uninjected embryos (A,I) and embryos injected with
morpholinos to block proneural gene or deltaA function, as indicated
(B-H,J-L). The probe is indicated at the top right of each panel. Expansion of
rfng and foxb1.2 boundary expression occurs in proneural
gene knockdowns (121/145 embryos), and following deltaA knockdown
(24/24 embryos). Arrowheads in I indicate boundary expression of
foxb1.2, which is broader in MO embryos (brackets, J-L). Different
strengths of phenotype are observed following proneural gene knockdown,
asha knockdown being the strongest (B) and ngn1 the weakest
(E). Ectopic expression is not seen in r4, even in a knockdown of asha,
ashb plus ngn1 (G). Scale bar: 100 µm.